Compression asphyxia and other clinicopathological findings from the Hillsborough Stadium disaster
Jerry P Nolan ,
Jasmeet Soar,
Nathaniel Cary,
Nigel Cooper,
Jack Crane,
Ashley Fegan-Earl,
William Lawler,
Philip Lumb,
Guy Rutty
Abstract Ninety-six people died following a crowd crush at the Hillsborough Football Stadium, Sheffield, UK in 1989. The cause of death in nearly all cases was compression asphyxia. The clinical and pathological features of deaths encountered in crowds are discussed with a particular focus on the Hillsborough disaster
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