Medicolegal characteristics of firearm homicides in belgrade, serbia: Before, during, and after the war in the former yugoslavia

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1549-1553

  Rancic, Nemanja ^a   Erceg, Milena ^b   Radojevic, Nemanja ^c   Savic, Slobodan ^d  

^a University of Kragujevac Medical Faculty   (Serbia)

^b Rehabilitation Centre   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Firearm injury; Forensic science; Homicidal motives; Homicide; Medicolegal characteristics; Range of discharge

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDAL MOTIVES; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL CHARACTERISTICS; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; RANGE OF DISCHARGE; SERBIA; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; WAR;

FIREARM INJURY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HOMICIDAL MOTIVES; HOMICIDE; MEDICOLEGAL CHARACTERISTICS; RANGE OF DISCHARGE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SERBIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WAR; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84886749752     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12217     Document Type: Article

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