Suicide by sharp force injuries - A study in Oporto

Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Assunção, Lino Aranda ^a,b   Santos, Agostinho ^a,b   Magalhães, Teresa ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Retrospective study; Sharp force; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNIFE CUT; MALE; NECK; PORTUGAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; STAB WOUND; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WOUND ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DEPRESSION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; THORACIC INJURIES; UPPER EXTREMITY; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65949087470     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.02.018     Document Type: Article

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