Firearm fatalities. A preliminary study report from Iran

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 159-163

  Amiri, A ^a,b   Sanaei Zadeh, H ^a,b   Towfighi Zavarei, H ^a   Rezvani Ardestani, F ^b   Savoji, N ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LEGAL MEDICINE RESEARCH CENTER   (Iran)

^c Islamic Republic of Iran   (Iran)

Author keywords

Entrance site; Fatalities; Firearms; Homicide; Iran; Suicide; Tehran

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARMY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHIN; CULTURAL FACTOR; FATALITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; IRAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY; POLICE; SUICIDE; THORAX INJURY; VICTIM;

EID: 0141854282     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-1131(03)00082-8     Document Type: Article

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