Use of bone trabeculae to establish positive identification

Forensic Science International

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 91-99

  Mann, Robert W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Musculoskeletal system; Physical anthropology; Positive identification; X rays

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TECHNIQUE; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 0032583250     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(98)00138-8     Document Type: Article

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