Evaluation of post-mortem estimated dental age versus real age: A retrospective 21-year survey

Forensic Science International

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Reppien, Kirsa ^a   Sejrsen, Birgitte ^a   Lynnerup, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age at death; Dental age estimation; Forensic odontology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEATH; EVALUATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ODONTOLOGY; PERIODONTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 33646013602     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.02.021     Document Type: Article

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