Heat-Related Changes in Tooth Color: Temperature Versus Duration of Exposure

The Analysis of Burned Human Remains

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 137-144

  Beach, Jeremy J ^a   Passalacqua, Nicholas V ^b   Chapman, Erin N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^b MERCYHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 58149164419     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-012372510-3.50010-1     Document Type: Chapter

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