Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 261-265 , July 2009

A demographic study of homicide–suicide in the Pretoria region over a 5 year period

  • Shirley Jena, Dip For Med, FC For Path (SA)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine University of Pretoria P.O. Box 2034, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +27 12 323 2016; fax: +27 12 323 0921.
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  • Leverne Mountany, MMed (Psychiatry)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pretoria, South Africa
    • ,
  • Anton Muller, MMed (Psychiatry)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pretoria, South Africa

Received 10 January 2008 ,Revised 14 October 2008 ,Accepted 9 December 2008.

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PII: S1752-928X(08)00242-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.12.009

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 261-265 , July 2009

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