Motor vehicle exhaust gas suicide: Review of countermeasures

Crisis

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 28-35

  Routley, Virginia ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Exhaust gas; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548551076     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.28.S1.28     Document Type: Article

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