Brain trauma in head injuries presenting with and without concurrent skull fractures

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 115-120

  Carson, Henry J ^a  

^a Weland Clinical Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviated injury scale; Autopsy; Brain injury; Death; Gunshot wound; Head trauma; Motor vehicle accident; Skull fracture

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INJURIES; DISLOCATIONS; ECCHYMOSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; IOWA; LACERATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKULL FRACTURES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 60349114094     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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