Deducing drop size and impact velocity from circular bloodstains

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-63

  Hulse Smith, Lee ^a   Mehdizadeh, Navid Z ^b   Chandra, Sanjeev ^b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood drop; Bloodstain pattern analysis; Drop splashing; Forensic science; Pig blood

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWINE; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 11844300440     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003224     Document Type: Article

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