Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 5 , Pages 265-268 , July 2010

Hanging deaths in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

  • Osama Mohammed Al Madni, PhD, MFFLM (Senior Consultant, Head)

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Medicine Center, King Khaled Street, Dammam, Eastern Province, 6668/31176, Saudi Arabia
    • ,
  • Magdy Abdel Azim Kharoshah, MD, MFFLM (Consultant)

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Medicine Center, King Khaled Street, Dammam, Eastern Province, 6668/31176, Saudi Arabia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. PO Box 9112, Postal Code 31413, Dammam, Eastern Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel.: +966 500354154; fax: +966 38155653.
    • ,
  • Mamdouh Kamal Zaki, MD, MSc (Senior Specialist)

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Medicine Center in Jeddah, Western Province, Saudi Arabia
    • ,
  • Sherien Salah Ghaleb, MD, MFFLM (Assistant Professor, Head)

      Affiliations

    • Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Beni Suef University, Egypt

Received 3 October 2009 ,Revised 26 March 2010 ,Accepted 1 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2010.04.003

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 5 , Pages 265-268 , July 2010

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