Epidemiology and forensic pathology characteristics of homicides in eastern Croatia, 1970-1989

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 338-344

  Marcikić, Mladen ^a   Petrovečki, Vedrana ^b   Škavić, Josip ^b   Petrovečki, Mladen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Forensic medicine; Homicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CHILD; CROATIA; FEMALE; FIREARM; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OFFENDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030725587     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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