Killing tools in mechanical asphyxia

Legal Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 2-5

  Abder Rahman, H A ^a   Abu Alrageb, S Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Jordan; Killing tools; Mechanical asphyxia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005374741     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(99)80002-9     Document Type: Article

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