The significance of pontomedullar laceration in car occupants following frontal collisions: A retrospective autopsy study

Forensic Science International

Volumn 202, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 13-16

  Živković, Vladimir ^a   Nikolić, Slobodan ^a   Babić, Dragan ^a   Juković, Fehim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b University of Novi Pazar   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Brainstem injury; Car occupants; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Frontal collisions; Head on collisions; Pontomedullar laceration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CHIN; DRIVER; FACE FRACTURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKULL BASE FRACTURE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84755161122     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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