Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 40-43 , January 2009

Plastic bag asphyxia – A case report

  • Pauline Saint-Martin, MD (Medical Examiner)

      Affiliations

    • Service de Médecine Légale, Hôpital Trousseau, CHRU TOURS, 37 044 TOURS Cedex 9, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 2 47 47 75 55; fax: +33 2 47 47 75 77.
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  • Sébastien Prat, MD (Resident)

      Affiliations

    • Service de Médecine Légale, Hôpital Trousseau, CHRU TOURS, 37 044 TOURS Cedex 9, France
    • ,
  • Marie Bouyssy, MD (Psychiatrist)

      Affiliations

    • Service des Urgences Psychiatriques, Hôpital Trousseau, CHRU TOURS, 37 044 TOURS Cedex 9, France
    • ,
  • Patrick O’Byrne, MD (Medical Examiner)

      Affiliations

    • Service de Médecine Légale, Hôpital Trousseau, CHRU TOURS, 37 044 TOURS Cedex 9, France

Received 3 March 2008 ,Revised 11 April 2008 ,Accepted 18 May 2008.

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☆ Presented (orally) at the 59th American Association of Forensic Sciences Annual Scientific Meeting, February 19–24, 2007, San Antonio, Texas.

PII: S1752-928X(08)00111-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.05.022

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 40-43 , January 2009

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