Dental maturity of children in Perth, Western Australia, and its application in forensic age estimation

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-18

  Farah, C S ^a   Booth, D R ^a   Knott, S C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b QEII Medical Centre   (Australia)

^c PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONOLOGY; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; TOOTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032939915     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-1131(99)90170-0     Document Type: Article

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