"Homicide by heart attack" revisited

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 598-600

  Turner, Staci A ^a   Barnard, Jeffrey J ^a   Spotswood, Sheila D ^a   Prahlow, Joseph A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c South Bend Medical Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic science; Heart attack; Homicide; Manner of death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRIMINAL LAW; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LETHALITY; MALE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 2442700380     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003343     Document Type: Conference Paper

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