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Age Estimation
A Multidisciplinary Approach
A concentration of techniques and methods to estimate age in the living and dead
Joe Adserias-Garriga (Edited by)
9780128144916
Hardback, published 12 April 2019
244 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.6 cm, 0.41 kg
Age Estimation: A Multidisciplinary Approach is the only reference in the field covering all techniques and methods involving age estimation from different perspectives in just one volume. The book provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of age estimation: aging the living and the dead, human rights, and skeletal, dental, histological and biochemical techniques and methods available. Each chapter is written by internationally known expert contributors. Age Estimation: A Multidisciplinary Approach is a one of a kind resource for those involved in estimating the age of the living and the dead.
1. Introduction to Age Estimation 2. Legal background of age estimation for the dead and the living Section 1: ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH OF AGE ESTIMATION 3. Estimation of Age of the Living and the Dead: The Evolution of Methodology 4. Skeletal age estimation in fetal, infant, children and subadults 5. Skeletal age estimation in adults Section 2: ODONTOLOGICAL APPROACH OF AGE ESTIMATION 6. Dental Estimation of Age of the Living and the Dead: state of art 7. Dental Age Estimation in fetal and children 8. Dental Age Estimation in subadults 9. Dental Age Estimation in adults Section 3: HISTOLOGICAL APPROACH OF AGE ESTIMATION 10. Bone histology for age-at-death estimation 11. Neonatal line as evidence of live birth 12. Tooth cementum annulations Section 4: BIOCHEMICAL APPROACH OF AGE ESTIMATION 13. The Evolution of Methodology in Biochemical Age estimation 14. Age Estimation Based on Chemical Approaches 15. Age estimation based on Molecular Biology Approaches
Subject Areas: Orthopaedics & fractures [MNS], Forensic science [JKVF1]
