Comment on Bidmos and Manger, " New soft tissue correction factors for stature estimation: Results from magnetic resonance imaging" [Forensic Sci. Int. 214 (2012) 212.e1-212.e7]

Forensic Science International

Volumn 222, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages

  Ruff, Christopher ^a   Raxter, Michelle ^b   Auerbach, Benjamin ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SOFT TISSUE CORRECTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANKLE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY HEIGHT; BONE HEIGHT; CALCANEUS; FEMUR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SPINE; TIBIA;

EID: 84865627808     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.06.005     Document Type: Letter

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