Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 248-252 , July 2009

Ligature strangulation deaths in the province of Konya (Turkey)

  • Serafettin Demirci, MD (Assist. Prof.)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Meram Medical School, Selcuk University, 42080 Konya, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 332 223 6752; fax: +90 332 223 6181.
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  • Kamil Hakan Dogan, MD (Assist. Prof.)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Meram Medical School, Selcuk University, 42080 Konya, Turkey
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  • Zerrin Erkol, MD (Prof.)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Abant Izzet Baysal University, 14280 Bolu, Turkey
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  • Gursel Gunaydin, MD (Assist. Prof.)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Meram Medical School, Selcuk University, 42080 Konya, Turkey

Received 8 February 2008 ,Revised 11 November 2008 ,Accepted 9 December 2008.

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☆ Presented at the 5th Congress of the Balkan Academy of Forensic Sciences, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia, June 3–7, 2007.

PII: S1752-928X(08)00237-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.12.013

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 248-252 , July 2009

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