An unusual case of suicide by stabbing with a falling weighted dagger

Forensic Science International

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-236

  Ueno, Yasuhiro ^a   Asano, Migiwa ^a   Nushida, Hideyuki ^a   Adachi, Junko ^a   Tatsuno, Yoshitsugu ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Falling dagger; Self stabbing; Stab wound; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; KNIFE CUT; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PENETRATION; STAB WOUND; SUICIDE;

EID: 0033034838     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00031-6     Document Type: Article

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