Research Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2011
Volume: 6
Issue: 3
Page No. 124 - 127

The Post-Mortem Pink Teeth Phenomenon

Authors : C. Stavrianos, L. Vasiliadis, C. Papadopoulos, O. Pantelidou, K. Tolidis and P. Dagkalis

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