Confusing exit gunshot wound - "Two for the price of one"

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-49

  Hiss, J ^a   Kahana, T ^b  

^a National Center of Forensic Medicine   (Israel)

^b Israel Police   (Israel)

Author keywords

Common exit wound; Entrance wounds; Gunshot wound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BULLET; CASE REPORT; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; HUMANS; MALE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0036933293     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-001-0269-4     Document Type: Article

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