Suicide by shooting with a tiling hammer

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-77

  MacKley, Peter ^a   Püschel, Klaus ^b   Turk, Elisabeth E ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gunshot wound; Medico legal autopsy; Self made firearm; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CASE REPORT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SUICIDE; THORAX INJURY;

ADULT; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; SUICIDE; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 76849102809     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-009-0326-y     Document Type: Article

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