Air bag injuries - A literature review in consideration of demands in forensic autopsies

Forensic Science International

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 162-167

  Sato, Yasunori ^a   Ohshima, Tohru ^a   Kondo, Toshikazu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air bag; Forensic autopsy; Injury; Motor vehicle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AWARENESS; BODY REGIONS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0037190166     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00197-4     Document Type: Article

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