Quality assurance in age estimation based on aspartic acid racemisation

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 83-86

  Ritz Timme, S ^a   Rochholz, G ^a   Schutz H W ^a   Collins, M J ^b   Waite, E R ^b   Cattaneo, C ^c   Kaatsch, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Aspartic acid racemisation; Minimal standards; Quality control

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID;

AGE DETERMINATION; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; EXPERT WITNESS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD;

AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; ASPARTIC ACID; CALIBRATION; DENTIN; EXPERT TESTIMONY; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0034487013     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140000159     Document Type: Article

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