Accidental hanging among children and adults: A report of two cases and review of the literature

Accidental hanging is rare. The circumstances of death are sometimes so strange and bizarre. It represents a differential diagnosis with suicidal hanging and even criminal hanging. We report two cases of accidental hanging. The first one occurred with a 7-year-old girl playing with a curtain rope. T...

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Main Authors: Y. Nouma, W. Ben Ammar, S. Bardaa, Z. Hammami, S. Maatoug
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-09-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090536X15000519