ABSTRACT

Roentgen rays (x-rays), household appliances. M 6. Give a medical injury classiŽcation of burns, histological and for an

individual. M 7. Compare and contrast the following: a hot dry air injury versus a hot

wet air injury. M 8. Distinguish between heat stroke and heat exhaustion. M 9. Describe the problem of summertime deaths of aged people in large

cities. Discuss the importance of proper certiŽcation of death in a public health aspect. M

10. DeŽne the utilization of the autopsy in the proper certiŽcation of summer heat associated deaths. What speciŽc procedures are available? M

11. Compare and contrast patients dying with the therapeutic e§ects of radiation with those who have been exposed to accidental massive radiation. M

12. What is meant by the term malignant hyperthermia and what is its importance in forensic pathology? M

Accidental massive radiation Active oxygen species

Air quality Climatic change Fatal head injury Heat exhaustion Heat stroke High-tension injury Hyperthermia Ionizing radiation Radiation burn Radiation necrosis Ultraviolet radiation