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Human identification by medical findings in a forensic anthropology context

dc.contributor.authorLemos, Yara Vieira
dc.contributor.authorFurtado, Alexandre Neves
dc.contributor.authorLima, Adriana Zatti
dc.contributor.authorDionísio, Alexander Santos
dc.contributor.authorAraújo, Ricardo Moreira
dc.contributor.authorCunha, Eugénia
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-14T16:11:25Z
dc.date.available2025-01-14T16:11:25Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractThis article presents a series of three complex forensic cases that posed significant challenges for identifying human remains. These include a mass dam disaster, burnt human remains, and extensively decomposed human remains. Positive identification was achieved using a shadow positioning technique with imaging comparisons of medical findings. After establishing the biological profile, medical data were evaluated with digital radiography and computed tomography examinations the human remains. These aimed to replicate the original (intravitam) traits in the same angulation to examine postsurgical characteristics, as well as the anatomical, pathological, and morphological features, which were sufficient to establish a positive scientific identification. Technological advancements tend to reveal additional skeletal details, making medical data comparisons significantly more effective in the context of anthropological identification. These cases demonstrate that the possibility of identification should never be ignored, even in situations with advanced decomposition.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationLemos, Y. V., Furtado, A. N., Lima, A. Z., Dionísio, A. S., Araújo, R. M., & Cunha, E. (2024). Human identification by medical findings in a forensic anthropology context. Forensic sciences research, 9(3), owae041.pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/fsr/owae041pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/53825
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherOxford University Presspt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectForensic Anthropologypt_PT
dc.subjectHuman Identificationpt_PT
dc.subjectLegal Medicinept_PT
dc.subjectMedical Findingspt_PT
dc.titleHuman identification by medical findings in a forensic anthropology contextpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue3pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleForensic Sciences Researchpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume9pt_PT
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person.givenNameEugénia
person.identifierhttps://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=HSGHLA0AAAAJ&hl=en
person.identifier.ciencia-idE717-5464-E13B
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-2998-371X
person.identifier.scopus-author-id190305008042
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