An Overview of Hydrogen Sulfide Suicides Based on Police Data in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

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  • Akiko Ozawa Department of Regional Emergency Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan[Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan ]
  • Choichiro Tase Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan
  • Kaoru Goto Department of Forensic Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
  • Keiko Seino Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan [Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan]
  • Ken Iseki Department of Regional Emergency Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan[Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan ]
  • Kentaro Yamazaki Department of Forensic Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
  • Reiko Okubo Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan
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volume 5  issue 3

pages  79- 82

publication date 2016-09-01

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