Analysis of 14C and 13C in teeth provides precise birth dating and clues to geographical origin

Forensic Science International

Volumn 209, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 34-41

  Alkass, K ^a   Buchholz, B A ^b   Druid, H ^a   Spalding, K L ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Forensic odontology; Identification; Radiocarbon; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON 14; CARBON;

ACCURACY; AGE DETERMINATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIRTH; BOMB PULSE; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENAMEL; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SWEDEN; URUGUAY; ATOMIC WARFARE; CHEMISTRY; DENTISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DENTAL ENAMEL; FEMALE; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR WARFARE;

EID: 79957600122     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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