Rib biomechanical properties exhibit diagnostic potential for accurate ageing in forensic investigations

• Andrea Bonicelli,

  Affiliations Edinburgh Unit for Forensic Anthropology, School of History Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Musculoskeletal & Medicolegal Research Group, Cranfield Forensic Institute, Defence Academy of the UK, Shrivenham, United Kingdom

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• Bledar Xhemali,

  Affiliation Forensic Institute, Department of Forensic Medicine, Tirana, Albania

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• Elena F. Kranioti,

  Affiliations Edinburgh Unit for Forensic Anthropology, School of History Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Department of Forensic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

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• Peter Zioupos

  * E-mail: p.zioupos@cranfield.ac.uk

  Affiliation Musculoskeletal & Medicolegal Research Group, Cranfield Forensic Institute, Defence Academy of the UK, Shrivenham, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0123-2706

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