Unprovoked fatal shark attack in Lifou Island (Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, South Pacific) by a Great White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 281-286

  Clua, Eric ^a,b   Séret, Bernard ^c  

^a SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY   (New Caledonia)

^b Ministere de l'Agriculture et de la Peche   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

exploratory bite; lethal wound; New Caledonia; shark bites; Sharks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CASE REPORT; EXSANGUINATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; NEW CALEDONIA; PATHOLOGY; SHARK; SHOCK; THIGH;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; EXSANGUINATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; NEW CALEDONIA; SHARKS; SHOCK; THIGH;

EID: 77956461351     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181ec7cb8     Document Type: Article

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