Model of age estimation based on dental factors of unknown cadavers among Iranians

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 379-381

  Monzavi, Babak Faghih ^a,b   Ghodoosi, Arash ^a   Savabi, Omid ^a   Hasanzadeh, Akbar ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Dental factors; Forensic dentistry; Forensic science; Gustafson's method; Human; Identification

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CEMENTUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENTIN; DENTISTRY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOMICROSCOPY; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 0037346217     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2002174     Document Type: Article

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