Firearm deaths by law enforcement

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 185-188

  Gill, James R ^a,b   Pasquale Styles, Melissa ^b  

^a Office of Chief Medical Examiner New York   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Gunshot wounds; Homicide; Police

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; CRIME; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; POLICE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WEAPONS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149191622     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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