Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 138-142 , April 2009

Are full or empty beer bottles sturdier and does their fracture-threshold suffice to break the human skull?

Received 20 June 2008 ,Accepted 8 July 2008.

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PII: S1752-928X(08)00172-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.07.013

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 138-142 , April 2009

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