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Author Coupland, Robin M.

Title Wound ballistics : basics and applications / Beat P. Kneubuehl (Ed.) ; Robin M. Coupland, Markus A. Rothchild, Michael J. Thali
Edition Transl. of the rev. 3. German ed. (2008)
Published Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer Medizin, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 496 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- Fundamentals -- General wound ballistics -- Wound ballistics for bullets and fragments.- Wound ballistics in forensic medicine -- Wound ballistics and surgery -- Wound ballistics and international conventions -- Appendix. Tables.-Technical dictionary -- Bibliography -- References for figures -- Subject index
Summary The definitive interdisciplinary reference work for wound ballistics Fundamentals in Physics, arms and ammunition, ballistics Simulating gunshot wounds: Virtopsy - a virtual autopsy method, combining CT, MRT and surface scanning and Materials that reproduce the interaction of soft tissue, bone and blood vessels with a bullet that penetrates the body. Wound ballistics for Short-range and long-range weapons, fragments, such as those from bombs and hand grenades, gas jets from blanks, gas weapons, etc., "Non-lethal" weapons as used by the police, in military operations or in urban settings Specialist knowledge and reference detailed tables: ballistic tables for typical ammunition, ballistic values for numerous types of ammunition, including older types, materials properties, plus additional, hard-to-find data. Most tables are in both metric and U.S. units., an extensive trilingual glossary of specialized terminology in German, English and French NEW: the latest diagnostic / simulation methods and the latest types of ammunition The practice and application of wound ballistics in: forensic medicine, surgery - especially emergency and war surgery and international conventions Globalized conflict zones, terrorism and crime - these issues affect a wider circle than just the armed forces and medical services abroad. Police officers, surgeons, forensics specialists and criminalists also need to be familiar with ballistics and gunshot wounds and must be able to assess the complex factors involved. The practice and application of wound ballistics in forensic medicine. surgery - especially emergency and war surgery and International conventions. Globalized conflict zones, terrorism and crime - these issues affect a wider circle than just the armed forces and medical services abroad. Police officers, surgeons, forensics specialists and criminalists also need to be familiar with ballistics and gunshot wounds and must be able to assess the complex factors involved
Analysis geneeskunde
medicine
volksgezondheid
public health
gerechtelijke geneeskunde
forensic medicine
chirurgie
surgery
trauma
noodgevallen
emergencies
Medicine (General)
Geneeskunde (algemeen)
Notes Translation of: Wundballistik und ihre ballistischen Grundlagen
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
In Springer e-books
Subject Gunshot wounds.
Wounds and injuries.
Ballistics.
Forensic ballistics.
Wounds, Gunshot
Forensic Ballistics
Wounds and Injuries
ballistics.
Médecine.
Forensic ballistics
Ballistics
Gunshot wounds
Wounds and injuries
Form Electronic book
Author Rothchild, Markus A
Thali, Michael J
Kneubuehl, Beat P.
ISBN 9783642203565
3642203566
9783642203558
3642203558
Other Titles Wundballistik und ihre ballistischen Grundlagen. English