The biomechanical modelling of non-ballistic skin wounding: Blunt-force injury

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-39

  Whittle, Kelly ^a   Kieser, Jules ^b   Ichim, Ionut ^b   Swain, Michael ^b   Waddell, Neil ^b   Livingstone, Vicki ^c   Taylor, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biomechanical modelling; Forensic science; Skin wounding; Traumatology

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN; POLYURETHAN FOAM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLASSIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; KINETICS; LACERATION; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; KINETICS; LACERATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYURETHANES; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 56749152369     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-007-0029-y     Document Type: Article

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