Autopsy study of fatal deliberate self harm

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-73

  Arun, M ^a   Palimar, Vikram ^a   Menezes, Ritesh G ^a   Raghavendra, Y P ^a   Bhagavath, Prashantha ^a   Mohanty, Manoj Kumar ^b  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Department of Forensic Medicine   (India)

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EID: 33847675290     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.47.1.69     Document Type: Article

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