A new forensic collection housed at the University of Coimbra, Portugal: The 21st century identified skeletal collection

Forensic Science International

Volumn 245, Issue , 2014, Pages 202.e1-202.e5

  Ferreira, Maria Teresa ^a,b   Vicente, Ricardo ^a   Navega, David ^a   Gonçalves, David ^a,b,c   Curate, Francisco ^a,b   Cunha, Eugénia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c Direção Geral do Património Cultural and LARC CIBIO InBIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Forensic anthropology; Forensic anthropology population data; Human skeletal biology; Reference collections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CALCANEUS; CLAVICLE; EXHUMATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FIBULA; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC GIRDLE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PORTUGAL; RADIUS; RIB; SCAPULA; SKELETON; TIBIA; TISSUE PRESERVATION; ULNA; VERTEBRA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; BONE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; RESEARCH; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84912036744     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.09.021     Document Type: Article

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