Assessment of wear-related features of the kerf wall from saw marks in bone

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1561-1569

  Freas, Laurel E ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutmark; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Kerf; Postmortem dismemberment; Scanning electron microscopy; Toolmark analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEER; PATHOLOGY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; DEER; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TIBIA; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 78149342090     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01468.x     Document Type: Article

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