FurtherInvestigations into the Speed of Cerebral Swelling Following Blunt Cranial Trauma*

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 973-975

  Byard, Roger W ^a   Gabrielian, Levon ^a   Helps, Stephen C ^a   Thornton, Emma ^a   Vink, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blunt craniocerebral trauma; Forensic science; Impact; Intracranial pressure; Lucid interval; Shaking; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEAD INJURY; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863438672     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02109.x     Document Type: Article

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