Automobile exhaust as a means of suicide: An experimental study with a proposed model

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 827-836

  Morgen, Christian ^a   Schramm, Jesper ^a   Kofoed, Palle ^b   Steensberg, Jens ^c   Theilade, Peter ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Regional Office   (Denmark)

^c Regl Public Health Office DK 3400   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Automobile exhaust; Experiments; Forensic science; Modeling; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; EXHAUST GAS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031878753     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14314j     Document Type: Article

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