Pink teeth in a series of bodies recovered from a single shipwreck

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-316

  Campobasso, Carlo P ^a   Di Vella, Giancarlo ^b   De Donno, Antonio ^b   Santoro, Valeria ^b   Favia, Gianfranco ^b   Introna, Francesco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Marine environment; Mass disaster; Pink teeth; Postmortem changes

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; SEA WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; DENTIN; DISASTER; DROWNING; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PINK TOOTH; SHIP; TOOTH DISCOLORATION; TOOTH PULP; VICTIM;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SEAWATER; SHIPS; TOOTH DISCOLORATION;

EID: 33845300166     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000233544.58567.81     Document Type: Article

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