Suicide by home made "guillotine" to the chest: A case report

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 301-306

  Obenson, Ken ^a   Belliveau, Robert ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Public Safety ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

"Guillotine" chest wounds; Elaborate suicide; Suicide by falling weighted knives; Suicide by guillotine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864933976     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-012-9314-5     Document Type: Article

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