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[Polarographic determination of metals in firearm injuries]
H Vanĕrková1, P Klír, P Toupalík
1Subkatedra soudního lékarství IPVZ, Praha.
Soudni Lekarstvi
|April 6, 2002
Abstract:
There was tested the use of the polarographic determination of some metals (Pb, Cu, Fe, Sb) in the skin in deceased due to multiple firearm injuries. The authors present on a real case, in which the shots through the dress of victim penetrated, the possibility to determine entry and exit wound.
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