1. Bear attack--A unique fatality in Finland.
- Author
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De Giorgio F, Rainio J, Pascali V, and Lalu K
- Subjects
- Adult, Animals, Autopsy, Fatal Outcome, Finland, Humans, Male, Bites and Stings, Embolism, Air etiology, Ursidae, Wounds and Injuries complications
- Abstract
Fatalities due to animal bites, the vast majority of which are associated with dogs and big cats, are relatively uncommon and rarely described in the literature. Especially rare are fatal bear attacks on humans. We herein present a forensic investigation of a fatal assault, involving numerous bites on a 42-year-old man in Finland by an European brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos).
- Published
- 2007
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