Correlation between skeletal trauma and energy in falls from great height detected by post-mortem multislice computed tomography (MSCT)

Forensic Science International

Volumn 180, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 81-85

  Weilemann, Y ^a   Thali, M J ^a   Kneubuehl, B P ^a   Bolliger, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma; Energy; Post mortem computed tomography; Virtopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE;

EID: 51249095838     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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