Blunt force cranial trauma in the Cambodian killing fields

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 996-1001

  Ta'ala, Sabrina C ^a,b   Berg, Gregory E ^b   Haden, Kathryn ^c  

^a CTR Supporting Defense POW MIA Accounting Agency Partnerships and Innovation Directorate   (United States)

^b Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command Central Identification Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^c Joseph A Jachimczyk Forensic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar fracture; Blunt force trauma; Cranial trauma; Execution; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Ring fracture

Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAUMA; CAMBODIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEAD INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCIPITAL BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; SKULL BASE; SKULL FRACTURE;

ART; BRAIN INJURIES; CAMBODIA; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; SKULL FRACTURES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 33749005105     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00219.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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