Comparison of age estimated from degree of racemization of aspartic acid, glutamic acid and alanine in the femur

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 441-445

  Ohtani, Susumu ^a   Yamada, Yoshihiro ^a   Yamamoto, Toshiharu ^a   Arany, Szilvia ^b   Gonmori, Kunio ^b   Yoshioka, Naofumi ^b  

^a KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age estimation; D alanine; D aspartic acid; D glutamic acid; Femur; Forensic science

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; COLLAGEN; GLUTAMIC ACID; PEPTIDE;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMUR; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACEMIZATION;

EID: 2442692936     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003414     Document Type: Article

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