Bear attack-A unique fatality in Finland

Forensic Science International

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-67

  De Giorgio, Fabio ^a,b   Rainio, Juha ^a,b   Pascali, Vincenzo L ^b   Lalu, Kaisa ^a  

^a State Provincial Office of Southern Finland   (Finland)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Animal attack; Bite injury; European brown bear; Fatal bear mauling; Forensic autopsy; Ursus arctos arctos

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEAR; BITE; BITE WOUND; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FATALITY; FINLAND; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LACERATION; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; THIGH; TRUNK; VEIN INJURY; VICTIM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BITES AND STINGS; EMBOLISM, AIR; FATAL OUTCOME; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; URSIDAE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34548692064     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.08.026     Document Type: Article

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