Investigation of an alleged mechanism of finger injury in an automobile crash

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 246-251

  Stacey, Stephen ^a   Kent, Richard ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Finger injury; Finger tolerance; Hand injury; Proximal interphalangeal joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; FINGER AMPUTATION; FINGER INJURY; FORCE; FORGERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; AUTOMOBILES; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FINGER INJURIES; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FRAUD; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATION; SELF MUTILATION;

EID: 33745216698     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-005-0036-z     Document Type: Article

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