Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 220-222 , May 2010

Wounds due to a modified shot gun (home-made): A case report

  • Vikram Palimar, MD (Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 576 104, Karnataka, India
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  • Vinod C. Nayak, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 576 104, Karnataka, India
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  • M. Arun, MD DNB (Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Forensic Medicine, JSS Medical College, Mysore, Karnataka, India
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  • Pradeep G. Kumar, MD (Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 576 104, Karnataka, India
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  • Prashantha Bhagavath, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal 576 104, Karnataka, India

Received 3 January 2009 ,Revised 11 June 2009 ,Accepted 23 December 2009.

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PII: S1752-928X(10)00002-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.12.015

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 220-222 , May 2010

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