title: Preliminary study of post mortem identification using lip prints.
abstract: Identification using lip prints was first performed in the 1950s and was the subject of much research in the 1960s and 70s, leading to the acceptance of this technique as evidence in the criminal justice system. Previous research has focused on identifying lip print types or on methods of obtaining hidden lip prints left at the crime scene. The present study aimed to clarify characteristics of lip prints from cadavers with various causes of death (including drowning and hanging) and to determine the effects of fixation on post mortem changes in lip impressions.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Oral Anatomy, Matsumoto Dental University, 1780 Hirooka-Gobara, Shiogiri, Nagano 399-0781, Japan. hajimeu@po.mdu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Utsuno
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanoh
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tadokoro
authors.forename: Katsuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011180:Postmortem Changes