A demographic study of homicide-suicide in the Pretoria region over a 5 year period

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 261-265

  Jena, Shirley ^a   Mountany, Leverne ^a   Muller, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Homicide suicide; Pretoria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEGRO; OFFENDER; PEACE CORPS; POLICE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDE; SUPPORT GROUP; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ASPHYXIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; ETHANOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NECK INJURIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 67349102740     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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