Injuries to neck structures in deaths due to constriction of neck, with a special reference to hanging

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 298-305

  Sharma, B R ^a   Harish, D ^a   Sharma, Anup ^a   Sharma, Swati ^a   Singh, Harshabad ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; Asphyxial deaths; Hanging; Laryngo hyoid complex; Ligature; Medico legal autopsy; Strangulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HANGING; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MUSCLE INJURY; NECK INJURY; NECK MUSCLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; STRANGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASPHYXIA; BLOOD VESSELS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, CARTILAGE; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; INDIA; LARYNGEAL CARTILAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK INJURIES; NECK MUSCLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PURPURA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THYROID CARTILAGE;

EID: 44249127210     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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