Forensic anthropology: What bones can tell us

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 423-427

  Lundy, John K ^a,b  

^a Clark College   (United States)

^b Medical Examiner Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AGE; BODY HEIGHT; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INJURY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; RACE; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SKELETON;

EID: 0031856193     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/labmed/29.7.423     Document Type: Review

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