Calculation of percent shrinkage in human fetal diaphyseal lengths from fresh bone to carbonized and calcined bone using Petersohn and Kohler's data

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 577-583

  Huxley, Angie K ^a   Kósa, Ferenc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Calcined bone; Carbonized bone; Cremation; Diaphyseal length; Diaphyseal shrinkage; Forensic anthropology; Forensic fetal osteology; Forensic science; Gestational age determination; Lunar age determination; Mortuary practice; Ossification centers

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BONE AGE; CALCIFICATION; DIAPHYSIS; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEWBORN; OSSIFICATION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0345120585     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14512j     Document Type: Article

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