title: [A morphological study of human hair tips by scanning electronic microscope (SEM)].
abstract: Morphological characteristics of human hair tip was studied by SEM. It was concluded that human hair tips could be classified into eight types. The tip formation, distribution and changes after being trimmed were explored. This study can be used in the mechanism research of human hair growth and the forensic hair examination.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Forensic Sciences, Shanghai 200083.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D006197:Hair / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning