Self-strangulation: An uncommon but not unprecedented suicide method

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 260-263

  Di Nunno, Nunzio ^a   Costantinides, Fulvio ^b   Conticchio, Giancarlo ^c   Mangiatordi, Stanislao ^a   Vimercati, Luigi ^a   Di Nunno, Cosimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c Questura (Police Headquarters) of Matera   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forensic medicine; On the spot investigation; Self strangulation; Suicide; Suicide methods

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; POSITION; STRANGULATION; SUICIDE;

AGED; ASPHYXIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE;

EID: 0036731894     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200209000-00011     Document Type: Article

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