Legal Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 6 , Pages 267-271 , November 2009

Post-mortem imaging of laryngohyoid fractures in strangulation incidents: First results

Received 4 June 2009 ,Revised 10 July 2009 ,Accepted 18 July 2009.

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PII: S1344-6223(09)00303-4

doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.07.005

Legal Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 6 , Pages 267-271 , November 2009