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Clinical Postmortem Findings

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INTERPOL form F1 (see Annex 21.3) contains information about the location and time the body was found and information on when the forensic examination was performed, followed by a description of the test material.

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  1. German Academy of Forensic Odontostomatology (AKFOS), Wimphelingstraße 7, 67346, Speyer, Germany

    Klaus Rötzscher (Dr. med. Dr. med. dent.)

  2. Institute of Oral Biology, Pathology and Forensic Odontology, University Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    Tore Solheim (Prof. (em) Dr. odont.)

  3. Municipal Medical-Superviser, Duisburg (North-Rhine-Westphalia), Arnikaweg 15, 47445, Moers, Germany

    Claus Grundmann (Dr. med. Dr. med. dent.)

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Annex 22.1

Annex 22.1

Input Equipment for X-Ray Equipment for Application of Postmortem (PM) X-Ray Technology

(From cranio-facial identification in forensic medicine, with permission from Dr. J. Clement, Melbourne, Arnold Publishers, London)

Table 4 Radiographic exposure factors/section/bone intact body region
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Rötzscher, K., Solheim, T., Grundmann, C. (2014). Clinical Postmortem Findings. In: Rötzscher, K. (eds) Forensic and Legal Dentistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01330-5_22

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