Morphoscopic analysis of experimentally produced bony wounds from low-velocity ballistic impact

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 322-332

  Kieser, Jules A ^a   Tahere, Joy ^a   Agnew, Caitlin ^a   Kieser, David C ^b   Duncan, Warwick ^a   Swain, Michael V ^a   Reeves, Matthew T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ballistics; Forensic science; Gunshot; Trauma; Wounding

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON; LEAD; PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BALLISTICS; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HAVERSIAN CANAL; INJURY; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PERIOSTEUM; RIB; RIB FRACTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SWINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CARBON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; FORENSIC BALLISTICS; HAVERSIAN SYSTEM; KINETICS; LEAD; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, ANIMAL; PERIOSTEUM; PHOSPHATES; RIB FRACTURES; RIBS; SWINE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 80053305621     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-011-9240-y     Document Type: Article

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