1. Accidental decapitation: An unusual injury to a passenger in a vehicle

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 82-84

  Kibayashi, Kazuhiko ^a   Yonemitsu, Kosei ^a   Honjyo, Koji ^a   Tsunenari, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NECK INJURY; PATHOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOPSY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK INJURIES;

EID: 0032604366     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249903900115     Document Type: Article

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