Site of entrance wound and direction of bullet path in firearm fatalities as indicators of homicide versus suicide

Forensic Science International

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-162

  Druid, H ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bullet path; Entrance site; Forensic medicine; Gunshot wound; Manner of death

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BULLET; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HOME; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE; VICTIM;

EID: 0030854554     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(97)00104-7     Document Type: Article

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