An estimation of the post-mortem interval in human skeletal remains: A radionuclide and trace element approach

Forensic Science International

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 73-87

  Swift, Benjamin ^a   Lauder, Ian ^a   Black, Stuart ^b   Norris, Joanna ^c  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c Victoria Pavillion   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone; Dating; Human; Radionuclides; Remains; Skeletal

Indexed keywords

LEAD 210; POLONIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM 238;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; AUTOPSY; BONE AGE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; SKELETON; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0035283336     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00451-5     Document Type: Article

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