A case of suicide disguised as natural death

Science and Justice - Journal of the Forensic Science Society

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-43

  Brandt Casadevall, C ^a   Krompecher, T ^a   Giroud, C ^a   Mangin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Disguised suicide; Forensic medicine; Forensic science; Pentobarbital intoxication

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; LORAZEPAM; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PENTOBARBITAL; VENLAFAXINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY FLUID; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG LIVER LEVEL; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARKINSON DISEASE; STOMACH CONTENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SUICIDE; SWITZERLAND; FORENSIC MEDICINE; INTOXICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RECUMBENCY;

AUTOPSY; DECEPTION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; PENTOBARBITAL; SUICIDE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0037929110     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1355-0306(03)71739-0     Document Type: Article

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