title: [Medical and technical aspects of weapon effects on man. Part 5--Common weapons].
abstract: "Weapons at hand" are tools of everyday life, which can be used as instruments for fighting. The investigation offers a survey concerning instruments, which were actually used for conflicting bodily injuries (cases selected from 1029 expertises) or for killing (cases selected from 474 autopsies). The findings are complemented by non-medical publications about self-defence. In the Austrian legal system the use of "weapons at hand" is interpreted like weapons in the technical sense.
authors: Institut für gerichtliche Medizin, Universität Wien.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Missliwetz
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Denk
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Ellinger
mesh_terms: D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000473:pathology*; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Medizinische und technische Aspekte der Waffenwirkung am Menschen. Teil 5--Gelegenheitswaffen.