Intra- and perioral shooting fatalities

Forensic Science International

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 217-227

  Azmak, Derya ^a   Altun, Gürcan ^a   Koç, Sermet ^b,c   Yorulmaz, Coşkun ^b   Özaslan, Abdi ^b  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c The Council of Forensic Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Firearm; Homicide; Intraoral perioral wound; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BULLET; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0032994557     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00032-8     Document Type: Article

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