Pathologic features of suicidal deaths caused by explosives

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-63

  Tsokos, M ^a   Turk E E ^a   Madea, B ^b   Koops, E ^a   Longauer, F ^d   Szabo, M ^d   Huckenbeck, W ^c   Gabriel, P ^c   Barz, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Blast injury; Explosion; Industrial explosive devices; Pipe bomb; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ABRASION; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTUSION; FATALITY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LACERATION; MALE; SKIN INJURY; SUICIDE; TERRORISM;

EID: 0346035923     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PAF.0000052752.18930.44     Document Type: Article

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