Punched with a fist: The etiology of a fatal depressed cranial fracture

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 277-281

  Fenton, Todd W ^a   DeJong, Joyce L ^b   Haut, Roger C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Claire Dart Stroke Center Sparrow Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Blunt force trauma; Cranial fractures; Forensic anthropology; Forensic pathology; Forensic science

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BIOMECHANICS; BLUNT TRAUMA; BONE INJURY; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRANIOTOMY; FATALITY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0037346484     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2002024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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