Forensic anthropology: developments of a classical discipline in the new millennium

Forensic Science International

Volumn 165, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 185-193

  Cattaneo, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Ancestry; Forensic anthropology; Identification; Osteology; PMI; Sexing; Species; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE; CRIME; EUROPE; FACE SURGERY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INJURY; JUVENILE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; SEX DETERMINATION; SPECIES; TAPHONOMY;

EID: 33846054921     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.05.018     Document Type: Article

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