Persistence of Creases of the Foot and Their Value for Forensic Identification Purposes

Journal of Forensic Identification

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 296-315

  Massey, Shelly L ^a  

^a ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FOOT SOLE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; TIME;

EID: 2442582389     PISSN: 0895173X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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