Contribution of microscopic plant anatomy to postmortem bone dating

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 140-143

  Quatrehomme, Gérald ^a   Lacoste, Alain ^b   Bailet, Paul ^b   Grévin, Gilles ^b   Oilier, Amédée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

annual rings; bone; forensic anthropology; forensic medicine; forensic science; plant; postmortem interval; root; vegetal

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031012123     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14084j     Document Type: Article

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