Suicide by pipe bomb: A case report

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 136-140

  Davis, Everett B ^a,c   Rollins, Curtis E ^b   Reiber, Gregory D ^b   Anthony, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b N California Forensic Pathology   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosion death; Pipe bomb; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; EXPLOSION; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NECK INJURY; SHOULDER INJURY; SUICIDE;

ADULT; EXPLOSIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032995597     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199906000-00006     Document Type: Article

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