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fa-3048	Saul, Tiffany; Chesson, Lesley; Steadman, Dawnie; Gordon, Gwyneth	Considerations for Stable Isotope Analysis of Human Hair: The Impact of Postmortem Environmental Exposure	2025		.htm	text/html	487	10	15	No. 3 (2021) Research Articles Considerations for Stable Isotope Analysis of Human Hair The Impact of Postmortem Environmental Exposure Article Sidebar Requires Subscription or Fee PDF (USD 25) Requires Subscription or Fee HTML (USD 25) Published: Oct 26, 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5744/fa.2020.0052 Keywords: forensic anthropology, stable isotope analysis, postmortem hair analysis, taphonomy Main Article Content Tiffany B. Saul Forensic Institute for Research and Education, Middle Tennessee State University, 1301 Main Street, Box 89, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, USA Lesley A. Chesson Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Laboratory, 590 Moffet Street, Building 4077, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI 96853, USA Dawnie W. Steadman University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology Gwyneth W. Gordon School of Earth & Space Exploration, Arizona State University Abstract Stable isotope analysis of postmortem hair is performed in order to make inferences about an individual’s diet and geographic travel history prior to death. In order to confidently make inferences from postmortem hair samples, it is necessary to know whether their isotope ratios undergo postmortem changes.	cache/fa-3048.htm	txt/fa-3048.txt