Suicide notes in the courtroom

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-48

  Leenaars, A A ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; COURT; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; REVIEW; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0032955263     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-1131(99)90175-X     Document Type: Review

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