Blood-spatter patterns: Hands hold clues for the forensic reconstruction of the sequence of events

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 132-140

  Yen, Kathrin ^a   Thali, Michael J ^a   Kneubuehl, Beat P ^b   Peschel, Oliver ^c   Zollinger, Ulrich ^a   Dirnhofer, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Defense Procurement Agency   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Back spatter; Bloodstain pattern analysis; Gunshot wounds; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD STAIN; CASE REPORT; CRIME; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD STAINS; FIREARMS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HAND; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0038282852     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-200306000-00006     Document Type: Article

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