title: [Experiences with the polyvinyl alcohol method in forensic medicine practice].
abstract: The author reports about his experiences with the polyvinylalcohol (PVAL) method for sampling gunshot residues from the hands of suicides. Traces of blood are no obstacle for the PVAL-method. It is even possible to save gunshot residues with PVAL after sampling with cottonswabs or tape-lifts. High resolution radiography is proposed for the evaluation in addition to the chemographic analysis as a second independent method.
authors.affiliation: Aus dem Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Bonn.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schyma
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002423:Cause of Death; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005389:Firearms / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol; D012906:Smoke; D013405:Suicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D012906:Smoke; D011142:Polyvinyl Alcohol