Tattoo types and frequencies in new mexican white hispanics and white non-hispanics: Autopsy data from homicidal and accidental deaths, 2002-2005

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 285-289

  Komar, Debra ^a   Lathrop, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body art; Forensic science; Personal identification; White Hispanic; White non Hispanic

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GANG; HISPANIC; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEXICO; RELIGION; TATTOO; ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUCASIAN; CORONER; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PEER GROUP; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; SYMBOLISM; TATTOOING; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; PEER GROUP; RELIGION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SYMBOLISM; TATTOOING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249111110     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e31818736f3     Document Type: Article

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