The human ear: Its role in forensic practice

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 153-160

  Swift, Benjamin ^b   Rutty, Guy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ear; Forensic science; Identification; Morphology; Postmortem interval; Temperature; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INJURY; CADAVER; EAR; EAR LOBE; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MASTOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037225540     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2002251     Document Type: Article

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