Fatalities caused by spherical bullets fired from blank cartridge guns in Istanbul, Turkey

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1127-1130

  Üzün, Ibrahim ^a   Büyük, Yalçin ^a,d   Erkol, Zerrin ^b   Àritmiş, Hasan ^a   Kir, Ziya ^c  

^a Turkish Council of Forensic Medicine ^*  (Turkey)

^b ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d Bahcelievler   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Blank cartridge; Forensic science; Gunshot; Range of fire; Spherical bullets

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BULLET; CHILD; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIREARM; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIREARMS; FORENSIC BALLISTICS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; TURKEY; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69649093090     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01097.x     Document Type: Article

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