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Scanning Skeletal Remains for Bone Mineral Density in Forensic Contexts

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Published on: January 29, 2018

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Yang-Ching Chen¹, Hsien-Yu Fan, J Randall Curtis

¹Taipei City Hospital, ZhongXing Branch, Taipei, Taiwan, and School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan;Taipei City Hospital, ZhongXing Branch, Taipei, Taiwan;Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA;Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, and Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan;Taipei City Hospital, ZhongXing Branch, Taipei, Taiwan, and Department of Medicine and Graduate Institute of Business Administration, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan;Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, and Surgical Department, Medical College, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

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