A case of homicidal intraoral gunshot and review of the literature

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 209-212

  Berens, Sandra ^a   Ketterer, Thomas ^a   Kneubuehl, Beat P ^a   Thali, Michael J ^a   Ross, Steffen ^a   Bolliger, Stephan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Homicide; Intraoral gunshot; Suicide; Virtopsy, post mortem CT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BALLISTICS; CASE REPORT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUTH; RADIOGRAPHY; SUICIDE;

AUTOPSY; FORENSIC BALLISTICS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 79955729019     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-010-9201-x     Document Type: Article

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