[Medical and technical aspects of weapon effects on man. Part 5--Common weapons].
"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.
Missliwetz
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Institut für gerichtliche Medizin, Universität Wien.
Denk
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Ellinger
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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*
Medizinische und technische Aspekte der Waffenwirkung am Menschen. Teil 5--Gelegenheitswaffen.