2017
DOI: 10.1097/paf.0000000000000352
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Forensic Features of Clothing-Related Deaths

Abstract: Clothing may both cause death and contribute to ongoing lethal mechanisms by a variety of quite disparate mechanisms. The manner of death may be accidental, suicidal, or homicidal. Accidental deaths include burning from clothing catching on fire, strangulation from clothing tangling in vehicle wheels or exposed machinery, and drowning. Entanglement of clothing in machinery may also result in significant injuries, which are not uncommon in farming communities. Excessive clothing, or its absence, may significant… Show more

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“…Infants are sometimes accidentally strangled in their cots when the neck is caught inside bars, restainers, and braces. There are also instances reported when the neck of jackets/sweatshirts becomes entangled in gaps or projections on equipment such as slides (6,7). Accidental strangulation due to entrapment of the neck in clothing, especially with vehicular accidents, has been characteristically defined in "Isadora Duncan syndrome" or the "long scarf syndrome" (8)(9)(10)(11).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Infants are sometimes accidentally strangled in their cots when the neck is caught inside bars, restainers, and braces. There are also instances reported when the neck of jackets/sweatshirts becomes entangled in gaps or projections on equipment such as slides (6,7). Accidental strangulation due to entrapment of the neck in clothing, especially with vehicular accidents, has been characteristically defined in "Isadora Duncan syndrome" or the "long scarf syndrome" (8)(9)(10)(11).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%