Possibilities for dental identification in the case of mass disaster in Slovenia

Forensic Science International

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Ermenc, B ^a   Rener, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Dental records; Forensic dentistry; Identification of persons; Mass disaster; X rays

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTISTRY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SLOVENIA;

EID: 0032772983     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00076-6     Document Type: Article

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