@article{ref1,
title="Death by wheat-loaded cartridge: a case report",
journal="American journal of forensic medicine and pathology",
year="2019",
author="Okdemir, Erdem and Keten, Alper and Avşar, Abdullah and Kaya, Ömer",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The materials used to produce shotgun ammunition can have different properties depending on the purpose, and ammunition can be fabricated or loaded manually. In Turkey, wheat-loaded cartridges are manufactured for use as sound cartridges. This ammunition is understood by the public to be harmless. However, we present a case of a 13-year-old adolescent boy who was wounded from a contact shot to the chest. An entrance wound measuring 7 cm and 5 cm in diameter was seen on the skin. Wheat grains could not be detected in the internal organs and were only observed between the chest muscles around the entrance wound. A plastic wad was also found in this area. The cause of death was internal bleeding due to internal organ injury. Wheat-loaded cartridges are not visible on x-ray and are difficult to detect visually in the wound.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0195-7910",
doi="10.1097/PAF.0000000000000509",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAF.0000000000000509"
}