Blunt Criterion trauma model for head and chest injury risk assessment of cal. 380 R and cal. 22 long blank cartridge actuated gundog retrieval devices

Forensic Science International

Volumn 208, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 37-41

  Frank, Matthias ^a,b   Bockholdt, Britta ^a   Peters, Dieter ^c   Lange, Joern ^a   Grossjohann, Rico ^a   Ekkernkamp, Axel ^a,b   Hinz, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNFALLKRANKENHAUS BERLIN   (Germany)

^c LKA Brandenburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blank cartridges; Blunt impact trauma; Power tool; Trauma biomechanics; Trauma model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLISTICS; BLANK CARTRIDGE ACTUATED GUNDOG RETRIEVAL DEVICE; BLUNT CRITERION; BLUNT TRAUMA; DEVICE; ENERGY; ENERGY DENSITY; HEAD INJURY; IMPULSE; INJURY SEVERITY; KINETICS; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKULL FRACTURE; THORAX INJURY; VELOCITY;

EID: 79955482783     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.10.023     Document Type: Article

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