Lessons learned from large-scale comparative dental analysis following the south asian tsunami of 2004

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-112

  Kieser, Jules A ^a   Laing, Wayne ^b   Herbison, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Family Dental Center   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dental records; Forensic odontology; Forensic science; Human identification; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTAL INFORMATICS; DENTIST; FATIGUE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATOR; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; THAILAND; TOOTH ARCH; TOOTH FILLING; TRAINING; TSUNAMI; X RAY FILM;

DENTAL RECORDS; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PHOTOGRAPHY, DENTAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; THAILAND;

EID: 33645218362     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2005.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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