Forensic and psychiatric aspects of joint suicide with carbon monoxide

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-343

  Laberke, Patrick Johannes ^a   Bock, Horst ^b   Dittmann, Volker ^a   Hausmann, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b District Court Memmingen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Barbecue; Carbon monoxide; Charcoal burning; Internet; Joint suicide; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHARCOAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LIVER; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AMPHETAMINES; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CHARCOAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIVER; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053340463     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-011-9224-y     Document Type: Article

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