Frequency and severity of injuries in correlation with the height of fall

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 608-612

  Atanasijevic, Tatjana C ^a,b   Savic, Slobodan N ^a   Nikolic, Slobodan D ^a   Djokic, Vesna M ^a  

^a Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute   (Serbia)

^b Institute of Forensic Medicine   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Biomechanics; Blunt trauma; Fall from height; Forensic pathology; Injury

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOMECHANICS; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 18244392209     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2004124     Document Type: Article

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