Comparison of the validity of three dental methods for the estimation of age at death

Forensic Science International

Volumn 178, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 96-105

  Meinl, A ^a,b   Huber, C D ^a,c   Tangl, S ^a,c   Gruber, G M ^d   Teschler Nicola, M ^e   Watzek, G ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration   (Austria)

^d Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^e NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age at death estimation; Comparison of methods; Forensic odontology; Human teeth; Identification

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BANG AND RAMM METHOD; CALCULATION; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAMENDIN METHOD; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOOTH CEMENTUM ANNULATION METHOD; VALIDITY;

EID: 44349172270     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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