Reliability in age determination by pulp/tooth ratio in upper canines in skeletal remains

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 861-864

  Cameriere, Roberto ^a   Brogi, Giuseppe ^b   Ferrante, Luigi ^c   Mirtella, Dora ^a   Vultaggio, Claudia ^d   Cingolani, Mariano ^a   Fornaciari, Gino ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age estimation by teeth; Aragonese princes; Forensic science; Pulp tooth area; Secondary dentine

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGE DETERMINATION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; DENTIN; DOG; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP TOOTH RATIO; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SKELETON; TOOTH; TOOTH PULP; VALIDATION PROCESS; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; AGED; CUSPID; DENTAL PULP; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUMMIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33745743204     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00159.x     Document Type: Article

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