Fractures of Neck Structures in Suicidal Hanging

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 80-84

  Morild, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HANGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; X RAY;

EID: 0029824455     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249603600115     Document Type: Article

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