Postmortem identification of remains

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-138

  Weedn, V W ^a  

^a Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTITION; DNA DETERMINATION; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; DRAWING; FACE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; TANDEM REPEAT; TATTOO; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; DENTISTRY; DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

DNA;

AUTOPSY; CADAVER; DERMATOGLYPHICS; DNA; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS;

EID: 0031594486     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-2712(18)30183-5     Document Type: Review

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