Biological vs legal age of living individuals

Forensic Anthropology and Medicine: Complementary Sciences From Recovery to Cause of Death

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 57-82

  Introna, Francesco ^a   Campobasso, Carlo P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age determination; living individual; skeletal and dental maturity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891442719     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-099-7_4     Document Type: Chapter

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