Class characteristics of serrated knife stabs to cartilage

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-160

  Pounder, Derrick J ^a   Cormack, Lesley ^a   Broadbent, Elizabeth ^a   Millar, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chatter mark; class characteristics; serrated knives; stab wounds; striations

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; CATTLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; INJURY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; STAB WOUND; SWINE; WEAPON;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE; CATTLE; DENTAL IMPRESSION MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SWINE; WEAPONS; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 79951757868     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181db7ee4     Document Type: Article

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