Suicide: A ten-year retrospective review of Kentucky Medical Examiner cases

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 613-617

  Shields, Lisa B E ^a,b   Hunsaker, Donna M ^a,b   Hunsaker III, John C ^c,d  

^a Office of the Chief Medical Examiner   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c Off of the Assoc Chf Med Exam   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firearms; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FIREARM; HANGING; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18244373967     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2004345     Document Type: Conference Paper

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