Pathologic features of fatal falls from height

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 194-199

  Türk, Elisabeth E ^a,b   Tsokos, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fall from height; Forensic pathology; Mode of death

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH; DEATH; DEATH SCENE; DEMOGRAPHY; EXAMINATION; FALL FROM HEIGHT; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; HYOID BONE FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NECK INJURY; PSYCHIATRIC HISTORY; SOCIAL HISTORY; SUICIDE; TOXICOLOGY; URBAN AREA;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GERMANY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 4344604349     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000136441.53868.a4     Document Type: Article

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