Effect of shortening the barrel in contact shots from rifles and shotguns
Effect of shortening the barrel in contact shots from rifles and shotguns
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag
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English
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag
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In a suicidal gunshot fired to the chest from a carbine, the barrel of which had been shortened to half its original length, an unexpectedly large degree of destruction of the anterior thoracic wall with extensive undermining of the subcutis was found. This phenomenon was investigated for reconstructive purposes by firing test shots from two differ...
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Effect of shortening the barrel in contact shots from rifles and shotguns
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70098891
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_70098891
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0937-9827
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1437-1596
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10.1007/s00414-007-0161-y