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SEM Observation on the Weathering Human Hair after Burial

Kyusung Hwang 1 임도선 ORD ID 2 안동춘 3 이상완 4 백두진 4

1을지대학교 보건산업대학 장례지도학과
2을지대학교
3전북대학교
4한양대학교 의과대학 해부∙세포생물학교실

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ABSTRACT

This study was undertaken to investigate the morphological changes of hair according to weathering after burial and to offer basic data for forensic science. To examine the effect of weathering degree, the 45 hairs buried for 5~50 years were taken from deceased individuals in tombs in Korea. The morphological changes in weathering hair shafts of the scalp were investigated using the scanning electron microscopes. There were little morphological differences of weathering depending on the regions of burial. The weathering changes includes exclusion of cuticle, separation of hair cortex and hollow formation in the medulla according to the burial period. These results could provide basic data to the field of forensic medicine.

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