Undetected ligature self-strangulation: Disadvantage at the scene of a decomposed body

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-43

  Patel, F ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DECOMPOSITION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HANGING; HUMAN; MALE; POLICE; STRANGULATION; SUICIDE; SURGEON;

EID: 0030974924     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-1131(97)90008-0     Document Type: Article

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