Identification of osteocalcin as a permanent aging constituent of the bone matrix: Basis for an accurate age at death determination

Forensic Science International

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 13-26

  Ritz, S ^a   Turzynski, A ^b   Schutz H W ^a   Hollmann, A ^a   Rochholz, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age at death determination; Aspartic acid racemization; Forensic anthropology; Osteocalcin; Protein purification

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; OSTEOCALCIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE MATRIX; DEATH; DENTIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKULL;

EID: 0030023428     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0379-0738(95)01834-4     Document Type: Article

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