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Decomposition pattern and insect colonization in two cases of suicide by hanging

Forensic Sciences Research, 2018
Hanging is one of the most common methods of suicide worldwide. Despite the high incidence, only a little knowledge about the pattern of cadaver colonization by insects on hanging corpse is available.
Martina Focardi, Vilma Pinchi, Valentina Bugelli   +2 more
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Suicidal ,Homicidal and Accidental Hanging : Comparative Cross Sectional Study in Aljabal Alakhdar Area,Libya. [PDF]

Zagazig Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, 2020
Background:Death by hanging may be suicidal, accidental or homicidal. However, as most hangings are suicides, the possibility of a non-suicidal death by hanging sometimes taken into consideration when there is evidence supporting this suspicion.General ...
Aisha Abouhashem, Suhib Bataw, Nagah Hegazy, Osama Ibrahim   +3 more
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Characteristics of mechanical asphyxia: A retrospective epidemiological study in two developed cities in China

Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine, 2023
Background: Mechanical asphyxia (MA) is multi-classified. Some epidemiological characteristics are shared and the others different among different MA types.
Erwen Huang, Guoli Lv, Yumei Wang, Qiangwei Wang, Jing Zhang, Lie Liang, Ben Liu, Wen Yang, Chuanyi Tang, Chao Liu, Jianding Cheng   +10 more
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An Overview on Actual Knowledge About Immunohistochemical and Molecular Features of Vitality, Focusing on the Growing Evidence and Analysis to Distinguish Between Suicidal and Simulated Hanging

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
In forensic practice, the pathologist is often asked to determine whether a hanging was committed as suicide or as a simulated hanging (when a dead body is suspended after death).
Aniello Maiese, Fabio Del Duca, Paola Santoro, Lavinia Pellegrini, Alessandra De Matteis, Raffaele La Russa, Paola Frati, Vittorio Fineschi   +7 more
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Histological examination of carotid artery tissue in cases of ligature strangulation and hanging

Forensic Sciences Research, 2022
Violence against the neck can result in a range of macromorphological and micromorphological findings. However, the forensic relevance of the carotid sinus in cases of violence against the neck remains controversial.
Julia Ulbricht, Burkhard Madea, Elke Doberentz   +2 more
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Hanging as a method of suicide: a retrospective study [PDF]

The Medical Journal of Basrah University, 2017
Objectives: Hanging is a common cause of death worldwide as well as a method of suicide with a high fatality rate, In this retrospective study, data were obtained from cases of hanging reported to Department of Forensic Medicine at the province of Basrah,
Abd Alkareem Q. Mohammed
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Retrospective Analysis of Hanging Cases Between 2016 and 2020 in Urban India

International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, 2021
Background: Death by hanging is a vital health hazard worldwide; it is classified as violent mechanical deaths resulting from asphyxia. The manner of death in hanging is suicide in the majority of the cases, and accidental hanging is less common, and ...
Gururaj Biradar, Charan Kishor Shetty, Pavanchand H. Shetty, V Yogiraj   +3 more
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Suicide in the Province of Foggia: Retrospective Study and Analysis of the Difference between Men and Women

Journal of Men's Health, 2022
Background: Suicide is a significant cause of mortality affecting each age, gender, and country. In 2018, the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) estimated that 3820 people committed suicide, with the highest incidence in males between 35 ...
Stefania De Simone, Giovanni Pollice, Francesco Carpano, Luigi Cipolloni, Maria Antonella Bosco, Elena Giacani, Raffaele La Russa   +6 more
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Diagnostic Methods in Forensic Pathology: A New Sign in Death from Hanging

Diagnostics, 2023
Purpose: To evaluate the usefulness of studying vital injuries at the sternal head insertion of the sternocleidomastoid muscle in the medico-legal assessment of death by hanging.
Maricla Marrone, Gerardo Cazzato, Pierluigi Caricato, Carlo Angeletti, Giuseppe Ingravallo, Nadia Casatta, Carmelo Lupo, Francesco Vinci, Gisella Agazzino, Alessandra Stellacci, Antonio Oliva   +10 more
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VIDEO FOOTAGE OF A COMPLETE AND TYPICAL HANGING: ANALYSIS OF THE HANGING SEQUENCE [PDF]

Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal, 2023
Investigating a body found hanged, without eyewitnesses, to determine the cause and manner of death can be difficult. Video surveillance footage can help document the events and provide useful data for the proper assessment of the case.
Benedetta Pia De Luca
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