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Forensic anthropology and human identification

Scandinavian Journal of Forensic Science
Volume 19 (2013): Issue 1 (May 2013)
By: Niels Lynnerup  
Open Access
|May 2013

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjfs-2013-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2353-0707
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Keywords:
Human Identification,
Ageing,
Sex determination,
Ethnicity,
Skeletal features
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Clinical medicine,
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