Planned and unplanned complex suicides: A 5-year retrospective study

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 449-452

  Racette, Stéphanie ^a   Sauvageau, Anny ^a  

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

Author keywords

Complex suicide; Forensic pathology; Forensic science

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VICTIM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE;

EID: 33847155559     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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