Missing persons-missing data: The need to collect antemortem dental records of missing persons

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 386-389

  Blau, Soren ^a,b   Hill, Anthony ^a,b   Briggs, Christopher A ^a,b,c   Cordner, Stephen M ^a,b  

^a VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Database; Dental records; Forensic odontology; Forensic science; Identification; Missing persons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA BASE; DENTISTRY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL RECORD; ODONTOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON;

EID: 33644910882     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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