Suicide by inhaling helium inside a plastic bag;Selvmord ved hjælp af helium og en plastikpose

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 166, Issue 40, 2004, Pages 3506-3507

  Barnung, Steen K ^a   Feddersen, Christina ^a  

^a H:S Lægeambulancen ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIUM; PLASTIC;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETHALITY; MALE; SUICIDE; ASPHYXIA; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; ASPHYXIA; HELIUM; HUMANS; MALE; PLASTICS; SUICIDE;

EID: 6044260005     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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