Effects of the freezing and thawing process on biomechanical properties of the human skull

Legal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 102-105

  Torimitsu, Suguru ^a   Nishida, Yoshifumi ^b   Takano, Tachio ^b   Koizumi, Yoshinori ^b   Hayakawa, Mutsumi ^a   Yajima, Daisuke ^a   Inokuchi, Go ^a   Makino, Yohsuke ^a   Motomura, Ayumi ^a   Chiba, Fumiko ^a   Iwase, Hirotaro ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cranial bones; Fracture load; Frozen preservation; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MASS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPANESE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKULL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

CRANIAL BONES; FRACTURE LOAD; FROZEN PRESERVATION; STIFFNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CADAVER; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKULL; SKULL FRACTURES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893757576     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: 18734162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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