Ballistic variables and tissue devitalisation in penetrating injury - Establishing relationship through meta-analysis of a number of pig tests

Injury

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 282-292

  Jussila, Jorma ^a   Kjellström, B Thomas ^b   Leppäniemi, Ari ^c  

^a Police Technical Centre   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bullet; Firearm; Tissue devitalisation; Wounding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULLET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GUNSHOT INJURY; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; FORENSIC BALLISTICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SWINE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 12344310255     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2004.09.010     Document Type: Article

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