Who fired the gun? A casuistic contribution to the differentiation between self-inflicted and non-self-inflicted gunshot wounds

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-35

  Karger, B ^a   DuChesne, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accident; Gunshot wound; Reconstruction; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 0030799593     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02441024     Document Type: Article

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