Radiography of perforating centerfire rifle wounds of the trunk

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 597-601

  Straathof, Dan ^a,c   Bannach, Bernard G ^a   Wilson, Anthony J ^b   Dowling, Graeme P ^a  

^a Office of the Chief Medical Examiner   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VANCOUVER HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammunition; Bullet direction; Centerfire rifle; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Postmortem radiography; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BALLISTICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGIST; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; WOUND;

EID: 0034026941     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14734j     Document Type: Article

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