Citation

Vougiouklakis T. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 2006; 27(3): 266-267.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece. tvujuk@cc.uoi.gr

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/01.paf.0000220930.00053.43

PMID

16936508

Abstract

Bear incidents are widely publicized, though serious incidents rarely occur. We describe here a case of human death caused by brown bear (Ursus arctos) feet. The brown bear is the biggest carnivore of Greece, reaching up to 200-300 kg weight. This is the first documented fatality involving a brown bear in Greece in which the victim died as a direct traumatic result of the attack.

Language: en