Deaths among Criminal Suspects, Law Enforcement Officers, Civilians, and Prison Inmates: A Coroner-Based Study

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 334-338

  Koehler, Steven A ^a   Weiss, Hank ^b   Songer, Thomas J ^b   Rozin, Leon ^a   Shakir, Abdulrezzak ^a   Ladham, Shaun ^a   Omalu, Bennet ^a   Dominick, Joseph ^a   Wecht, Cyril H ^a  

^a Allegheny County Coroner's Office   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Civilians; Coroner based study; Criminal suspects; Deaths; Law enforcement officers; Prison inmates; Risk of death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIVIL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONER; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; OFFENDER; POLICE; POPULATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREAT; UNITED STATES; WEAPON;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; METHODS; MORTALITY; PENNSYLVANIA; POLICE; PRISONERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0344012612     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000097850.48559.86     Document Type: Article

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