Facial soft tissue depths in craniofacial identification (Part II): An analytical review of the published sub-adult data

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1273-1279

  Stephan, Carl N ^a,c   Simpson, Ellie K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

^c Central Identification Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Facial approximation; Facial reconstruction; Facial reproduction; Forensic science; Soft tissue thickness; Superimposition

Indexed keywords

CRANIOFACIAL IDENTIFICATION; FACIAL SOFT TISSUE DEPTH; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SOFT TISSUE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FACE; FACIAL BONES; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 54949126346     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00853.x     Document Type: Review

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