The temperature of cremation and its effect on the microstructure of the human rib compact bone

Anthropologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 439-460

  Absolonová, Karolína ^a   Dobisíková, Miluše ^b   Beran, Michal ^c   Zocová, Jarmila ^a   Velemínský, Petr ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Burned bone; Compact bone; Cremation temperature; Histomorphometry; Human rib

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RIB; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CREMATION; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; RIBS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873535395     PISSN: 00035548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-5548/2012/0213     Document Type: Article

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