Analysis of Radiocarbon, Stable Isotopes and DNA in Teeth to Facilitate Identification of Unknown Decedents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Alkass, Kanar ^a   Saitoh, Hisako ^b   Buchholz, Bruce A ^c   Bernard, Samuel ^d   Holmlund, Gunilla ^e   Senn, David R ^f   Spalding, Kirsty L ^a   Druid, Henrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC GENETICS AND FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; CARBON 14; DNA; OXYGEN 18; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIRTH; DNA DETERMINATION; ENAMEL; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEXICAN; NORTH AMERICA; SEX DETERMINATION; TOOTH; TOOTH ROOT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; ISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; TOOTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880797301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069597     Document Type: Article

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