Is daily shaving of axillary and pubic hair a feature of suicide in the muslim community?

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 330-333

  Demirci, Serafettin ^a   Dogan, Kamil Hakan ^a   Erkol, Zerrin ^b   Deniz, Idris ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Axilla; Forensic medicine; Pubis; Shaving; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY HAIR; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HAIR; HANGING; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTOXICATION; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MOSLEM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PUBIC HAIR; SHAVING; SPIRITUAL HEALING; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VICTIM; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ASPHYXIA; AXILLA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NECK INJURY; PATHOLOGY; RELIGION;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ASPHYXIA; AXILLA; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; NECK INJURIES; SUICIDE; TURKEY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 65249150817     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318187df30     Document Type: Article

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