Micro-CT features of intermediate gunshot wounds severely damaged by fire

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 419-425

  Fais, Paolo ^a   Giraudo, Chiara ^a   Boscolo Berto, Rafael ^a   Amagliani, Alessandro ^a   Miotto, Diego ^a   Feltrin, Giampietro ^a   Viel, Guido ^a   Ferrara, S Davide ^a   Cecchetto, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Charred wounds; Forensic ballistics; Gunshot residue; Gunshot wounds; MicroCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BURN; FIRE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BURNS; FIRES; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879505107     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-012-0775-6     Document Type: Article

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