An Assessment of the Usefulness of Routine Histological Examination in Hanging Deaths

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 976-978

  Tse, Rexson ^a   Langlois, Neil ^a,b   Winskog, Calle ^a,b   Byard, Roger W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Audit; Autopsy; Forensic science; Hanging; Histology; Microscopy; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACID ASPIRATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BLEEDING; BLISTER; CARTILAGE FRACTURE; CONTUSION; CYST; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRACTURE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; INJURY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LEIOMYOMA; LIVER; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK INJURY; PATHOLOGY; POLYP; PROSTATE; PROSTATE DISEASE; PURPURA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOIDOSIS; SUICIDE; UTERUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; ASPHYXIA; BLISTER; CONTUSIONS; CYSTS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, CARTILAGE; HEART DISEASES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LEIOMYOMA; LIVER; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; NECK INJURIES; POLYPS; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC DISEASES; PURPURA; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION OF GASTRIC CONTENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOIDOSIS; SUICIDE; THYROID CARTILAGE; UTERUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863439185     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02104.x     Document Type: Article

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