Radiographic comparison of the lumbar spine for positive identification of human remains: A case report

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-217

  Valenzuela, Aurora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

human remains identification; postmortem radiographs

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; OSTEOPHYTE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BONE AND BONES; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031004068     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199706000-00024     Document Type: Article

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