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Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology 1/2017

01-03-2017 | Images in Forensics

A case of accidental decapitation in a farm worker

Authors: Pierre-Antoine Peyron, Eric Baccino

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 1/2017

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Every year in France, about 75,000 occupational accidents are reported among farm workers, of which 150 are fatal [1, 2]. One third of these deaths involve machines and usually result from crushing injuries. However, decapitations resulting from occupational accidents in the agricultural setting appear to be rare events. …
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Metadata
Title
A case of accidental decapitation in a farm worker
Authors
Pierre-Antoine Peyron
Eric Baccino
Publication date
01-03-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-016-9838-1

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