Anthropological examination in burned body: a retrospective identification case

It is a well-established fact that forensic anthropology has been extremely helpful in identifying thermally altered human remains, especially in recent years. With the improvement of new analytical techniques, the identification success rate has also been increased. With the help of statistical ana...

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Autores principales: Machado, Marcos Paulo Salles, Santos, Andrei de Souza, Graça, Gabriela, Lima, Luciana, Barcellos, Ricardo Campos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2023
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9930744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36817230
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20961790.2022.2125429
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Sumario:It is a well-established fact that forensic anthropology has been extremely helpful in identifying thermally altered human remains, especially in recent years. With the improvement of new analytical techniques, the identification success rate has also been increased. With the help of statistical analysis, combined with analytical anthropological methods, the Forensic Anthropology Service of the Afranio Peixoto Medico-Legal Institute succeeded in identifying a charred body, with a margin of error of approximately 1:500 million to be obtained.

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