Alleged forgery of sonography report leads to elective abortion of late 23 week-old fetus

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 218-221

  Huxley, Angie K ^a   Andrew Sibley, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Forensic Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion rates; Diaphyseal length; Diaphyseal shrinkage; Fetal remains; Fetal viability; Foot length; Forensic anthropology; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Gestational age determination; Late abortion; Sonography report

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAPHYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; FORGERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 15644371885     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs16119j     Document Type: Article

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