Anthropological analysis of extensive rodent gnaw marks on a human skull using post-mortem multislice computed tomography (pmMSCT)

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 441-445

  Gapert, René ^a,b   Tsokos, Michael ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; RADIOGRAPHY; RODENT; SEX DETERMINATION; SKULL; TOOTH;

AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RODENTIA; SEX DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; SKULL; TOOTH;

EID: 84883752571     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-012-9363-9     Document Type: Article

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