Cuts to the offender's own hand - Unintentional self-infliction in the course of knife attacks

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 348-354

  Schmidt, Ulrike ^a   Faller Marquardt, Maria ^a   Tatschner, Thomas ^b   Walter, Klaus ^c   Pollak, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Kreiskrankenhaus Emmendingen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flexor tendon injury; Hand injury; Knife attack; Self infliction of cuts; Sharp force

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; KNIFE CUT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FINGER INJURIES; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TENDON INJURIES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 11144350490     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-004-0491-y     Document Type: Article

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