Skeletal trauma

Kimmerle, Erin H.

Skeletal trauma identification of injuries resulting from human rights abuse and armed conflict / [electronic resource] : Erin H. Kimmerle, Jose Pablo Baraybar. - Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2008. - xxvi, 493 p. : ill. (some col.).

"A CRC title."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-475) and index.

An epidemiological approach to forensic investigations of violations to international humanitarian and human rights law -- Differential diagnosis of skeletal trauma -- Blasting injuries -- Blunt force trauma -- Skeletal evidence of torture -- Sharp force trauma -- Gunfire injuries -- Variation in gunfire wounds by skeletal region.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9781420009118 (ebook : PDF)


Forensic osteology.
Musculoskeletal system--Wounds and injuries.
Human rights--Health aspects.
War victims--Yugoslavia.
Torture victims--Yugoslavia.


Electronic books.