Frequency of neck organ fractures in hanging

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 128-130

  Feigin, Gerald ^a  

^a Off Med Examiner Co Gloucester   (United States)

Author keywords

Hanging; Neck organ fracture

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CHILD; FEMALE; HANGING; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUICIDE;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPHYXIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE;

EID: 0033057246     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199906000-00004     Document Type: Article

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