Unusual death of a transvestite: Identification of crime weapon and survival time

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1149-1151

  Cornetta, Sandra ^a   Addante, Annalisa ^a   Zotti, Fiorenza ^a   Dell'Erba, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beta APP; Forensic science; Immunohistochemistry; Metallic fragments; SEM; Survival time; Transvestite homicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRIME; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL TIME; VARICOSIS; WEAPON;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AUTOMOBILES; BRAIN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PAINT; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSVESTISM;

EID: 69649090891     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01102.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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