Suicides by fall from height in Geneva, Switzerland, from 1991 to 2000

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 821-826

  Perret, Guillaume ^a   Flomenbaum, Mark ^b   La Harpe, Romano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^b Office of Chief Medical Examiner New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt injury; Falls and descent from height; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Jump from height; Suicide; Suicide by jumping

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; LIDOCAINE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOPSY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FALLING; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; JUMPING; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SKULL INJURY; SPINE INJURY; SUICIDE; SWITZERLAND; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 0037711612     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2002374     Document Type: Conference Paper

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