TY - BOOK AU - Nasr Eldin Abdelrahman Hassan AU - Alaa Mohammed Shehab , AU - Amani Fahmi Hanoon , AU - Dina Suliman Badran , TI - Study of cases of drowning deaths in Cairo during 3-years period 2007-2009 : : Retrospective study / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Nasr Eldin Abdelrahman Hassan , KW - Causes KW - Drowning KW - Type of water N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Forensic Medicine-Toxicology; Issued also as CD N2 - Drowning can be defined as death caused by submersion in a liquid. The mechanism of death in acute drowning is irreversible cerebral anoxia. The original concept of drowning deaths was that they were asphyxia in nature, with water occluding the airways. Our study is a retrospective evaluation of collected data of drowning cases which dissected, and reported, in Zenhom mortuary, of medicolegal sector of ministry of justice, during the period, between 2007-2009 ER -