Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 6 , Pages 304-308 , August 2010

Age-at-death estimation based on the macroscopic examination of Spheno-occipital sutures

  • Mitra Akhlaghi, MD (Forensic Medicine Specialist and Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina St., Keshavarz Blvd. Tehran 1417613151, Iran
    • ,
  • Fakhredin Taghaddosinejad, MD (Forensic Medicine Specialist and Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina St., Keshavarz Blvd. Tehran 1417613151, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +98 21 66897743, +98 912 2275520 (Mobile); fax: +98 21 66405588.
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  • Ardeshir Sheikhazadi, MD (Forensic Medicine Specialist and Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina St., Keshavarz Blvd. Tehran 1417613151, Iran
    • ,
  • Behzad Valizadeh, MD (Forensic Medicine Specialist)

      Affiliations

    • Legal Medicine Organization of Iran
    • ,
  • Seyed Mohsen Rezazadeh Shojaei, MD (Forensic Medicine Specialist)

      Affiliations

    • Legal Medicine Organization of Iran

Received 25 September 2009 ,Revised 15 February 2010 ,Accepted 1 April 2010.

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PII: S1752-928X(10)00061-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2010.04.009

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 6 , Pages 304-308 , August 2010

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