Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 6 , Pages 325-328 , August 2010

Significance of teeth lead accumulation in age estimation

  • S.I. AL-Qattan, DDS, MSD, PhD (Consultant)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Ministry of Interior, Kuwait
    • ,
  • M.A. Elfawal, MBChB, MSc, PhD (Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, PO Box 24923, 13110 Kuwait, Kuwait
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +965 66842620; fax: +965 2573316.

Received 29 November 2009 ,Revised 7 April 2010 ,Accepted 8 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2010.05.001

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 6 , Pages 325-328 , August 2010

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