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Mercury embolism of the lung and right ventricle revealed by postmortem computed tomography and X-ray analytic microscopy

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  1. Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan

    Yohsuke Makino, Suguru Torimitsu, Fumiko Chiba & Hirotaro Iwase

  2. Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan

    Yohsuke Makino, Hiroko Abe, Suguru Torimitsu, Fumiko Chiba & Hirotaro Iwase

  3. Research and Development Division, Application Center, Horiba, Ltd., 2-6 Awajicho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-0063, Japan

    Masaaki Yokoyama

  4. Department of Radiology, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan

    Hajime Yokota

  5. Department of Pathology, Kanto Chuo Hospital, 6-25-1 Kami-Yoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 158-8531, Japan

    Teruaki Oka

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Makino, Y., Abe, H., Yokoyama, M. et al. Mercury embolism of the lung and right ventricle revealed by postmortem computed tomography and X-ray analytic microscopy. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 11, 464–467 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-015-9696-2

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