TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Further observations on plastic bag asphyxia using helium gas
JO  - Australian journal of forensic sciences
A1  - Byard, Roger W.
SP  - 483
EP  - 486
VL  - 49
IS  - 4
N2  - A review of cases where inhalation of helium had been a cause of, or a major contributor to, death was undertaken at Forensic Science South Australia (FSSA) over a five-year period from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2014. The data were compared with a previous study in the same population from 1985 to 2009. Sixteen cases were identified (age range 21-84 years; mean 44 years; median 37 years). The male to female ratio was 11:5. The study has shown that helium suicides in South Australia are still increasing, with a doubling of the numbers in the period 2010-2014 compared with 2005-2009. This increase is not due to changes in the total population numbers. Although suicides utilising helium are still only a small percentage of suicides overall for the region (16/888; 1.8%), the rate of increase of these deaths is noteworthy.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0045-0618
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2016.1177594
ID  - ref1
ER  -