Scuba diver with a knife in his chest: Homicide or suicide?

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 355-359

  Petri, Nadan M ^a,b   Definis Gojanović, Marija ^a   Andrić, Dejan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b Naval Medical Institute Croatia   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Diving; Drowning; Forensic medicine; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIVING; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; STAB WOUND; SUICIDE;

ADULT; DIVING; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; SUICIDE; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0038011247     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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