Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 266-268 , July 2009

Fatal suicide cases in Port Said city, Egypt

  • Seham A. Gad ElHak, MD (Faculty of Medicine)

      Affiliations

    • Mansoura University, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology Department, Mansoura, Egypt
    • ,
  • Amr M. El-Ghazali, MSc (Master)

      Affiliations

    • Port Said Forensic Institute, Port Said, Egypt
    • ,
  • Mohamed M. Salama, MSc, DTQM (Faculty of Medicine)

      Affiliations

    • Mansoura University, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology Department, Mansoura, Egypt
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +20 257330899.
    • ,
  • Ahmed Y. Aboelyazeed, MSc, DTQM (Faculty of Medicine)

      Affiliations

    • Mansoura University, Community Medicine Department, Mansoura, Egypt

Received 30 April 2008 ,Revised 16 August 2008 ,Accepted 9 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.12.006

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 266-268 , July 2009

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