Suicide by alcohol overdose

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 91-94

  Michalodimitrakis, M N ^a   La Grange, R ^a   Tsatsakis, A M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; SUICIDE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0030848916     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-1131(97)90080-8     Document Type: Review

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