Citation

Baik SO, Uku JM, Sikirica M. Am. J. Forensic Med. Pathol. 1991; 12(4): 334-336.

Affiliation

Erie County Medical Examiner's Office, Buffalo, New York 14215.

Comment In:

Am J Forensic Med Pathol 1993;14(1):88-9.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1807145

Abstract

The external beveling caused by an entrance gunshot wound to the skull has not been completely explained, but the mechanism is probably a combination of several factors including the angle of shot, twisting force of a rotating bullet, blow-back effect, velocity, shape and size of the bullet, outspread of the kinetic energy from the bullet, and resistance of the skull.

Language: en