Measurement of force to obstruct the cervical arteries and distribution of tension exerted on a ligature in hanging

Legal Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 175-180

  Yamasaki, Shigeru ^a,b   Takase, Izumi ^a,b   Takada, Naoki ^a,b   Nishi, Katsuji ^a,b  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Osaka Medical Examiner's Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid and vertebral arteries; Mandible angle; Suicidal hanging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; HANGING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUICIDE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ASPHYXIA; BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CONSTRICTION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NECK INJURIES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SUICIDE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 67349186253     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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