A partially mummified corpse with pink teeth and pink nails

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-37

  Ortmann, C ^a   DuChesne, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Haemoglobin Putrefaction; Pink fingernails; Pink teeth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DECOMPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTOXICATION; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH COLOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MUMMIES; NAILS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TOOTH;

EID: 0031882599     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050108     Document Type: Article

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