Planned complex suicide by penetrating captive-bolt gunshot and hanging: Case study and review of the literature

Forensic Science International

Volumn 187, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages

  Viel, Guido ^a   Schröder, Ann Sophie ^b   Püschel, Klaus ^b   Braun, Christian ^b  

^a Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Captive bolt gun; Computed tomography (CT); Hanging; Planned complex suicide

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; AUTOPSY; CAPTIVE BOLT GUN; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; GUNSHOT INJURY; HANGING; HEAD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEAT INDUSTRY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PLANNED COMPLEX SUICIDE; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SUICIDE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WEAPON;

EID: 64549093731     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.01.022     Document Type: Article

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