Suicide with a Butcher's bolt

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 595-597

  Viola, Luigi ^a   Costantinides, Fulvio ^b   Di Nunno, Cosimo ^a   Battista, Giandomenico Maria ^a   Di Nunno, Nunzio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atypical firearms; Butcher's bolt; Captive bolt pistol; Forensic science; Glasgow Coma Score; Humane killer; Meningo encephalic lesions; Nailgun; Penetrating cranial wound; Studgun; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FRONTAL LOBE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUICIDE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 2442706609     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003024     Document Type: Article

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