Prolonged activity after an ultimately fatal gunshot wound to the heart: Case report

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-12

  Juvin, Philippe ^a,b   Brion, Fabrice ^a   Teissière, Frédéric ^a   Durigon, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Gunshot; Heart; Incapacitation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SUICIDE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FATAL OUTCOME; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEART INJURIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0032926434     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199903000-00003     Document Type: Article

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