The Reliability of Digitized Radiographs for Dental Identification: A Web-Based Study

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1325-1330

  Pretty, Iain A ^a   Pretty, Robert J ^b   Rothwell, Bruce R ^c   Sweet, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Bureau of Legal Dentistry   (Canada)

Author keywords

Examiner agreement; Forensic dentistry; Forensic science; Identification; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DENTISTRY; EXPERT WITNESS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; ODONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0242610953     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2002032     Document Type: Article

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