Dental identification problems in the Abu Dhabi air accident
American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
; 7(4): 317-21, 1986. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
The forensic odontological examination of 112 victims in the 1983 air accident near Abu Dhabi is described with particular reference to the problems encountered in the age assessment of the 26 children, and serves to illustrate that dental identification in aviation accidents may be of only limited application in Asian victims. Following this accident, other means of identification had misguidedly been removed by the recovery teams. Of those identified, half were by dental mean alone, but this amounted to only 6.24
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Main subject:
Patient Identification Systems
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United Arab Emirates
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Accidents, Aviation
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
Year:
1986
Document type:
Article