The identification of a dismembered human body: A multidisciplinary approach

Forensic Science International

Volumn 137, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 141-146

  Bilge, Yaşar ^a   Kedici, P Sema ^a   Alakoç, Yeşim Doǧan ^a   Ülküer, K Üner ^b   Ilkyaz, Yücel Y ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Protetik Dis Tedavisi Anabilim Dali ^*

Author keywords

Age estimation with SEM; Case study; Dental age estimation; Dismembered remains; DNA profiling; Human identification; Skeletalization; Skull photo superimposition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CASE REPORT; CHARACTER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISCIPLINES RELATING TO BIOMEDICINE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER IDENTITY; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROSCOPY; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SIBLING; SKULL; TOOTH; VICTIM;

EID: 0242426498     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(03)00334-7     Document Type: Article

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