The application of dental methods of identification to human burn victims in a mass disaster

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 236-239

  Valenzuela, A ^a   Martin De Las Heras, S ^a   Marques, T ^b   Exposito, N ^b   Bohoyo, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Department of Identification   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dental method; Human identification; Mass disaster

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CADAVER IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ODONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033935488     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004149900099     Document Type: Article

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