The response of skin to applied stress: Investigation of bitemark distortion in a cadaver model

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-76

  Bush, Mary A ^a   Thorsrud, Kyle ^a   Miller, Raymond G ^a   Dorion, Robert B J ^b   Bush, Peter J ^a  

^a School of Dental Medicine at SUNY   (United States)

^b Lab Sci Judiciaires de Med Legale   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bitemark research; Bitemarks; Distortion; Forensic odontology; Forensic science; Skin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BITES AND STINGS; CADAVER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENTISTRY; DENTITION; ELASTICITY; FOREARM; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

BIOMECHANICS; BITES AND STINGS; CADAVER; DENTITION; ELASTICITY; FOREARM; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 74249109300     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01235.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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