Citation

Smith OC, Berryman HE, Lahren CH. J. Forensic Sci. 1987; 32(5): 1416-1421.

Affiliation

Department of Pathology, University of Tennessee, Memphis.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3668481

Abstract

Cranial trauma produced by low velocity gunshot wounds is investigated in an autopsy series. In skeletonized remains with postmortem damage, or after surgical debridement, the primary internal or external beveling may become obscured, causing difficulty with the identification of entrance and exit wounds. The morphology of associated secondary and tertiary fractures based upon the mechanics of their production is discussed as a means of establishing bullet entrance and exit sites.

Language: en