Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 5 , Pages 223-227 , September 2010

Time of fusion of greater cornu with body of hyoid bone in Northwest Indians

  • Kaur Harjeet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160012, India
    • ,
  • Sanjeev Synghal

      Affiliations

    • Biology Division, Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Chandigarh-160036, India
    • ,
  • Gagandeep Kaur

      Affiliations

    • Biology Division, Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Chandigarh-160036, India
    • ,
  • Anjali Aggarwal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160012, India
    • ,
  • Pratima Wahee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh-160012, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 172 275 5201, mobile: +09023369699; fax: +91 172 2744401/2745078.

Received 17 December 2009 ,Revised 6 May 2010 ,Accepted 6 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2010.05.001

Legal Medicine
Volume 12, Issue 5 , Pages 223-227 , September 2010

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