Age-dependent fracture characteristics of rigid and compliant surface impacts on the infant skull - A porcine model

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 993-997

  Baumer, Timothy G ^a   Passalacqua, Nicholas V ^b   Powell, Brian J ^a   Newberry, William N ^c   Fenton, Todd W ^b   Haut, Roger C ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

age dependency; forensic science; infant; interface dependency; porcine; skull fracture

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; SKULL FRACTURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, ANIMAL; SKULL FRACTURES; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954334366     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01391.x     Document Type: Article

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