title: National characteristics of dental treatment in disaster victim identification.
abstract: In this age of mass tourism it is necessary to identify repeatedly a great number of casualties. In otherwise hopeless cases of identification dental alloys can be broken down by energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis and an scanning electron microscope to furnish valuable clues as to the country of their origin.
authors.affiliation: Poliklinik für Zahnärztliche Prothetik der Universität München, Germany.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kraft
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Liebhardt
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lindemaier
mesh_terms: D003722:Dental Alloys / Q000032:analysis*; D003729:Dental Care / Q000379:methods; D004190:Disasters; D005553:Forensic Dentistry / Q000379:methods*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D014195:Travel; D014421:Turkey; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D003722:Dental Alloys