Suicide by drowning after two gunshots to the head

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-172

  Racette, Stéphanie ^a   Sauvageau, Anny ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Medecine Legale   (Canada)

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EID: 84992854057     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.48.2.170     Document Type: Article

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