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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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Effect of shortening the barrel in contact shots from rifles and shotguns

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Full title

Effect of shortening the barrel in contact shots from rifles and shotguns

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag

Journal title

International journal of legal medicine, 2008-01, Vol.122 (1), p.81-85

Language

English

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Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag

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Contents

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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Full title

Effect of shortening the barrel in contact shots from rifles and shotguns

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Record Identifier

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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ISSN

0937-9827

E-ISSN

1437-1596

DOI

10.1007/s00414-007-0161-y

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