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A case of accidental decapitation in a farm worker

verfasst von: Pierre-Antoine Peyron, Eric Baccino

Erschienen in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Ausgabe 1/2017

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Every year in France, about 75,000 occupational accidents are reported among farm workers, of which 150 are fatal [1, 2]. One third of these deaths involve machines and usually result from crushing injuries. However, decapitations resulting from occupational accidents in the agricultural setting appear to be rare events. …
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Metadaten
Titel
A case of accidental decapitation in a farm worker
verfasst von
Pierre-Antoine Peyron
Eric Baccino
Publikationsdatum
23.01.2017
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Ausgabe 1/2017
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Elektronische ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-016-9838-1

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