Suicidal decapitation using a tractor loader: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 192-194

  Racette, Stéphanie ^a   Vo, Truong Tho ^a   Sauvageau, Anny ^a  

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

Author keywords

Beheading; Decapitation; Forensic science; Suicide

Indexed keywords

SERTRALINE; TEMAZEPAM;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BLOOD STAIN; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CHIN; DECAPITATION; HUMAN; MACHINE; MALE; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN ABRASION; SUICIDE; TOXICOLOGY;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AGRICULTURE; DECAPITATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE;

EID: 33845881698     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00312.x     Document Type: Review

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