An unusual case of "dyadic-death" with a single gunshot

Forensic Science International

Volumn 244, Issue , 2014, Pages e1-e5

  Viero, Alessia ^a   Giraudo, Chiara ^b   Cecchetto, Giovanni ^a   Muscovich, Cristina ^c   Favretto, Donata ^a   Puglisi, Massimo ^d   Fais, Paolo ^e   Viel, Guido ^a  

^a Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health   (Italy)

^b Radiology Section   (Italy)

^c Department of Medical diagnostic Sciences   (Italy)

^d Medico Legal Expert of the State Police Office   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Forensic pathology; Gunshot; Homicide; Micro CT; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DYADIC DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACERATION; LIVOR MORTIS; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OFFENDER; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RESUSCITATION; RIGOR MORTIS; SUICIDE; TOXICITY TESTING; HEAD INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, PENETRATING; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 85027950723     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.08.001     Document Type: Article

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