Discrimination of falls and blows in blunt head trauma: Assessment of predictability through combined criteria

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 923-926

  Kremer, Célia ^a   Sauvageau, Anny ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Medecine Legale   (Canada)

Author keywords

blunt head trauma; falls; Forensic science; hat brim line; lacerations; skull fractures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FALLING; HEAD INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LACERATION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LACERATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKULL FRACTURES;

EID: 67650683984     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01072.x     Document Type: Article

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