Forensic Investigation of Drowning, Biochemical Markers and Diatom  Testing for Confirming Cause of Death. A cross-sectional study

Ume Kalsoom Asiya Fazal Farhat Sultana, Wasiq Ahmed Mansoora Mirza, Muhammad Anwar Sibtain Fazli

Forensic Investigation of Drowning, Biochemical Markers and Diatom Testing for Confirming Cause of Death. A cross-sectional study

Authors

Ume Kalsoom Asiya Fazal Farhat Sultana, Wasiq Ahmed Mansoora Mirza, Muhammad Anwar Sibtain Fazli

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Abstract

A cross-sectional forensic study evaluated the utility of biochemical markers (serum surfactant D,NT-proBNP, D-dimer) and diatom quantification for confirming drowning as the cause of death.Eighty postmortem cases were investigated

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2025-06-24

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Ume Kalsoom Asiya Fazal Farhat Sultana, Wasiq Ahmed Mansoora Mirza, Muhammad Anwar Sibtain Fazli. (2025). Forensic Investigation of Drowning, Biochemical Markers and Diatom Testing for Confirming Cause of Death. A cross-sectional study . International Journal of Pharmacy Research & Technology (IJPRT), 15(2), 50–54. Retrieved from https://www.ijprt.org/index.php/pub/article/view/636