Sex determination using dental tissue

Medico-Legal Update

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 13-15

  Hemanth, M ^a   Vidya, M ^a   Nandaprasad, ^a   Karkera, Bhavana V ^a  

^a YENEPOYA DENTAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENAMEL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DENTISTRY; DISASTER; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOT LENGTH; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH SIZE; VICTIM;

EID: 56749164568     PISSN: 0971720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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