Cutting crime: The analysis of the "uniqueness" of saw marks on bone

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 349-357

  Saville, P A ^a   Hainsworth, S V ^a   Rutty, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone; Environmental scanning electron microscope; Forensic; Saw; Tool mark

Indexed keywords

NYLON;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE; CRIME; FEMUR; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HARDNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WITNESS;

AGED; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CATTLE; DEER; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SHEEP; SWINE;

EID: 34548124577     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-006-0120-z     Document Type: Article

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