Death by hanging while watching violent pornographic videos on the Internet - Suicide or accidental autoerotic death?

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-114

  Vennemann, B ^a   Pollak, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoerotic accident; Hanging; Internet; Lethal paraphiliac syndrome; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER; DEATH; EROTISM; HANGING; HUMAN; INTERNET; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SARCOIDOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VICTIM; VIDEORECORDING; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADULT; ASPHYXIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EROTICA; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIVER; MALE; NECK INJURIES; PARAPHILIAS; SARCOIDOSIS; SPLEEN; SUICIDE;

EID: 32944470087     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-005-0016-3     Document Type: Article

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