spectroscopy (EDX) in the examination of free liquid from the sphenoid sinus of drowning
victims. We detected both chlorine and bromine in liquid taken from the sphenoid sinus of
seawater drowning victims. Because these elements were below the quantification limit in
freshwater cases, we could easily distinguish seawater from freshwater drowning cases.
Detection of these elements from the liquid in the sphenoid sinuses of drowning victims may …