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Title: An unusual case of suicidal asphyxia.
Author: El-fawal-MA
Abstract:
A case is presented of a psychiatric in-patient who committed suicide on the first day of admission to hospital by entrapping his neck in the hydraulic device used for raising and lowering a hospital bed. Death most likely was due to mechanical asphyxia,
Journal: Forensic-Sci-Int. 1994 Feb; 64(2-3): 181-4