2. Two cases of death due to plastic bag suffocation

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 78-82

  Nadesan, Kasinathan ^a   Beng, Ong Beng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SUICIDE;

ACCIDENTS; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPHILIAS; PLASTICS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0035227560     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580240104100115     Document Type: Article

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