Citation

Tennakoon UA, Jayawardena H. Ceylon Med. J. 1998; 43(1): 36-37.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Sri Lanka Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9624843

Abstract

Death by suffocation using a plastic bag has not been recorded in Sri Lanka. We report such a case here. Findings at the scene, the history, and autopsy and laboratory investigations assisted in arriving at the conclusion of suicide.

Language: en