Suicide with two shots to the head using a rare 'Velo-Dog' pocket revolver

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 265-269

  Hayashi, Takahito ^a,b   Gapert, René ^a,c   Tsokos, Michael ^a   Hartwig, Sven ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 84876427621     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-012-9360-z     Document Type: Article

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