Homicidal poisonings in the United States: An analysis of the uniform crime reports from 1980 through 1989

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 282-288

  Westveer, Arthur E ^a   Trestrail III, John H ^b   Pinizzotto, Anthony J ^a  

^a Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

^b SPECTRUM HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Demographics; Forensic science; Homicide; Poison; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; OFFENDER; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; ARSENIC POISONING; CORONER; FEMALE; MALE; RACE; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICS; VICTIM;

ARSENIC POISONING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; POISONING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029658790     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199612000-00002     Document Type: Article

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