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Suicide versus self-inflicted: is it time to change manner of death classification?

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Obenson, K. Suicide versus self-inflicted: is it time to change manner of death classification?. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 9, 576–577 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-013-9478-7

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