Incomplete decapitation in suicidal hanging - Report of a case and review of the literature

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 180-184

  Töro, Klára ^a   Kristóf, István ^a   Keller, Éva ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Energy transfer; Hanging; Incomplete decapitation; Spring model; Stored potential energy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CARTILAGE INJURY; CASE REPORT; DECAPITATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FALLING; FRACTURE; GRAVITY; HANGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYOID BONE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SUICIDE; VICTIM;

ASPHYXIA; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DECAPITATION; EPIGLOTTIS; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SUICIDE; THYROID CARTILAGE;

EID: 39749120868     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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