Distinguishing between perimortem and postmortem fractures: are osteons of any help?
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00414-011-0570-9" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00414-011-0570-9</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00414-011-0570-9" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00414-011-0570-9</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Distinguishing between perimortem and postmortem fractures: are osteons of any help?
Original language description
The distinction between perimortem and postmortem fractures in forensic anthropology is still a frequently unsolved issue. In the present study, we try to verify if there are differences in the pattern of osteon fracturing between fresh and dry bone which could be used for such a diagnosis. Fresh and dry long bones were fractured by a hammer at the mid-shaft perpendicularly to the long axis of the bone and the fracture margins examined under a light microscope as undecalcified sections. Examination of 982 osteons (505 fresh, 477 dry) showed that twice as often the fracture line crosses the osteons as opposed to travelling around them, independently of whether the bone is fresh or dry. Statistical analysis confirmed that there was no significant difference between fresh and dry bone. This seems to imply that osteon fracture pattern cannot help in the diagnosis of perimortem versus postmortem bone fractures.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2011
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International journal of legal medicine
ISSN
0937-9827
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Volume of the periodical
125/2011
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
5
Pages from-to
591-595
UT code for WoS article
000291663400016
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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