Facial casting as a method to help identify severely disfigured corpses

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 518-520

  Quatrehomme, Gérald ^a,b   Garidel, Yves ^b   Grévin, Gilles ^c   Liao, Zhigang ^a,b   Boublenza, Abdelatif ^a,b   Ollier, Amédée ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

casting; facial reconstruction; facial restoration; forensic anthropology; forensic medicine; forensic science; human identification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; FACE; FACE INJURY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0029885154     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs13948j     Document Type: Article

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