Findings in gunshot wounds from tandem projectiles

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 678-681

  Simmons, Gary T ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Jefferson County Coroner Medical Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessory projectiles; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Piggyback bullets; Shooting tandem bullets

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BULLET; CASE REPORT; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030814728     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14181j     Document Type: Article

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