Three unusual cases of multiple suicidal gunshot wounds to the head

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-29

  Sekula Perlman, Adrienne ^a   Tobin, Judith G ^a   Pretzler, Emmerich ^a   Ingle, John ^a   Callery, Richard T ^a  

^a Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Delaware   (United States)

Author keywords

Gunshot wounds; Head; Multiple; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; STRANGULATION; SUICIDE;

AGED; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0031915464     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199803000-00004     Document Type: Article

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