Tattoos: Forensic considerations

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 534-542

  Byard, Roger W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disaster victim identification; Gangs; Tattoos; Tribal marking; Yakuza

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CULTURAL FACTOR; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HISTORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN; TATTOOING;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; SKIN; TATTOOING;

EID: 84886752795     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-013-9476-9     Document Type: Review

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