Horizontal distance and height determining falling pattern

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 765-771

  Shaw, Kai Ping ^a,b   Hsu, Shuh Yuan ^c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Institute of Forensic Medicine   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biomechanical study; Falling; Forensic engineering; Forensic science; Running jump; Standing jump

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FALLING; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GRAVITY; HUMAN; JUMPING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; VELOCITY;

EID: 2642711729     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14304j     Document Type: Article

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