# Alkass 2010: Age Estimation in Forensic Sciences: Application of Combined Aspartic Acid Racemization and Radiocarbon Analysis

> Kanar Alkass, Bruce A. Buchholz, Susumu Ohtani et al., 2010. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The peer-reviewed method behind the 1930 birth…

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# Age Estimation in Forensic Sciences: Application of Combined Aspartic Acid Racemization and Radiocarbon Analysis

Kanar Alkass, Bruce A. Buchholz, Susumu Ohtani et al., 2010. _Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 9(5): 1022-1030_.

The method used on the Isdal teeth: aspartic acid racemisation in dentine combined with bomb-pulse radiocarbon in enamel to estimate year of birth.

**Isdal Woman** Articledoi: **[10.1074/mcp.m900525-mcp200](https://doi.org/10.1074/mcp.m900525-mcp200)** Checked against the original0

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The peer-reviewed method behind the 1930 birth estimate.

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Alkass, K., Buchholz, B. A., Ohtani, S., Yamamoto, T., Druid, H., & Spalding, K. L. (2010). Age Estimation in Forensic Sciences: Application of Combined Aspartic Acid Racemization and Radiocarbon Analysis. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 9(5): 1022-1030. https://doi.org/10.1074/mcp.m900525-mcp200
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