The use of computed tomography (CT) to estimate age in the 2009 Victorian Bushfire Victims: A case report

Forensic Science International

Volumn 205, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 48-51

  Bassed, Richard B ^a   Hill, Anthony J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Computed tomography (CT); Disaster victim identification (DVI); Forensic odontology; Forensic science

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BUSHFIRE; CHILD; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFANT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NATURAL DISASTER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; VICTIM;

EID: 79651474902     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.08.024     Document Type: Article

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