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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Forensic Medicine
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Medicina Legal
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Medicina Legal
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Synonyms English:
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Legal Medicine
Medicine, Forensic
Medicine, Legal
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Tree Number:
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H02.403.330
I01.198.780.937
SP9.140
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Definition English:
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The application of medical knowledge to questions of law. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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for crime or identification: differentiate from JURISPRUDENCE, usually civil suits; for human identification of skeletal remains HUMAN IDENTIFICATION see FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY is available; for human identification by teeth see FORENSIC DENTISTRY; note other specific forensic terms are also available DF: FORENSIC MED
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See Related English:
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DNA Contamination
Law Enforcement
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History Note English:
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65; CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION was see under FORENSIC DENTISTRY & FORENSIC MEDICINE 1965-74; was heading 1963-64
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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5688
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Unique Identifier:
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D005554
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Similar:
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DeCS
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