Skin and soft tissue artifacts due to postmortem damage caused by rodents

Forensic Science International

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-57

  Tsokos, Michael ^a   Matschke, Jakob ^a   Gehl, Axel ^a   Koops, Erwin ^a   Püschel, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal interference; Forensic taphonomy; Mouse; Postmortem artifacts; Rat; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOPSY; BITE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SKIN; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT;

EID: 0032836471     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00098-5     Document Type: Article

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