Bevelling in exit gunshot wounds in bones

Forensic Science International

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 93-101

  Quatrehomme, Gérald ^a,b   Işcan, M Yaşar ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Bevelling; Bone; Exit holes; Forensic anthropology; Gunshot wounds

Indexed keywords

GLASS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; ORBIT; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SPHENOID;

EID: 17144467878     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(97)00121-7     Document Type: Article

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