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  1. Institute of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital, Goethe-University and Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Goethe-University, Heinrich-Hoffmann-Straße, Frankfurt/Main, 1060528, Germany

    Benno Flaig

  2. Institute of Forensic Medicine, University Hospital, Goethe-University, Kennedyallee 104, Frankfurt/Main, 60596, Germany

    Barbara Zedler, Hansjürgen Bratzke & Markus Parzeller

  3. Institute of Biostatistics and Mathematical Modeling, Goethe-University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, Frankfurt/Main, 60590, Germany

    Hanns Ackermann

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Flaig, B., Zedler, B., Ackermann, H. et al. Reply to commentary on “Anthropometrical differences between suicide and other non-natural death circumstances: an autopsy study”. Int J Legal Med 128, 397–399 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-013-0946-0

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