Suicidal and homicidal deaths: A comparative and circumstantial approach

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 253-260

  Ambade, Vipul Namdeorao ^a   Godbole, Hemant Vasant ^b   Kukde, Hemant Ghanshyam ^a  

^a Shri Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College   (India)

^b Government Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Comparison; Crime scene; Homicide; Methods; Motive; Relationship; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BURN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DROWNING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HANGING; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PENETRATING TRAUMA; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRANGULATION; SUICIDE; SUMMER; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPHYXIA; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRIME VICTIMS; DROWNING; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NECK INJURIES; POISONING; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 34249783112     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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