Suicidal ligature strangulation utilizing cable ties: A report of three cases

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-55

  Sorokin, Victoria ^a   Persechino, Floriana ^b,c   deRoux, Stephen J ^b,c   Greenberg, Michael J ^b,c  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Office of Chief Medical Examiner New York   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asphyxiation; Autopsy; Cable tie; Forensic science; Hanging; Ligature strangulation; Self strangulation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURY; PATHOLOGY; PURPURA; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ASPHYXIA; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURIES; PURPURA; SUICIDE;

EID: 84856234755     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-011-9277-y     Document Type: Article

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