Suicidal gunshot wounds to the head: A retrospective review of 406 cases

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 288-291

  Blumenthal, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Death; Entrance; Exit; Firearms; Gunshot wounds; Head; Site; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOPSY; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ETHNIC GROUP; FATALITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SPRING; SUICIDAL GUNSHOT WOUND; SUICIDE; WEAPON;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 36549027017     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318148bdca     Document Type: Article

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