Choking on toilet paper: An unusual case of suicide and a review of the literature on suicide by smothering, strangulation, and choking

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-174

  Sauvageau, Anny ^a   Yesovitch, Rose ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Medecine Legale   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; Choking; Smothering; Strangulation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PAPER; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRANGULATION; SUICIDE; TOXICOLOGY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASPHYXIA; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; LARYNX; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPER; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE;

EID: 33748482350     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000203269.97907.a7     Document Type: Review

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