Age-related distribution of longitudinal pre-strain in abdominal aorta with emphasis on forensic application

Forensic Science International

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 18-22

  Horny, Lukas ^a   Adamek, Tomas ^b   Vesely, Jan ^a   Chlup, Hynek ^a   Zitny, Rudolf ^a   Konvickova, Svatava ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Ageing; Aorta; Biomechanics; Circumference; Pre strain

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ACCURACY; AGE DETERMINATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY LENGTH; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL PRE STRAIN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84855204441     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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