Development and validation of a human bitemark severity and significance scale

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 687-691

  Pretty, Iain A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Dental Health Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bitemarks; Forensic science; Index; Reliability; Scale

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BITE; BITEMARK; DENTISTRY; DENTITION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGIST; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

BITES, HUMAN; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; POLICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 34247325586     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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