Microscopic Indicators of Axe and Hatchet Trauma in Fleshed and Defleshed Mammalian Long Bones

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 793-797

  Lynn, Kalan S ^a   Fairgrieve, Scott I ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

axe wounds; chopping; forensic anthropology; Forensic science; hatchet wounds; microscopy; SEM analysis; trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC PIG; FEMUR; FIBULA; LONG BONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIBIA; WEAPON;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRACTURES, BONE; HINDLIMB; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SKIN; SWINE; WEAPONS; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 67650678419     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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