A case of external beveling with an entrance gunshot wound to the skull made by a small caliber rifle bullet. |
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| Authors: | S O Baik J M Uku M Sikirica |
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| Affiliation: | Erie County Medical Examiner's Office, Buffalo, New York 14215. |
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| 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. |
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