A Checklist of Arthropods Associated with Pig Carrion and Human Corpses in Southeastern Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 135-138

  Carvalho, L M L ^a   Thyssen, P J ^a   Linhares, A X ^a   Palhares, Fab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carrion insects; Coleoptera; Death time; Decomposition; Diptera; Forensic entomology

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; CALLIPHORIDAE; CHRYSOMYA ALBICEPS; CHRYSOMYA PUTORIA; CLERIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DERMESTES MACULATUS; DERMESTIDAE; DIPTERA; HEMILUCILIA; HEMILUCILIA SEGMENTARIA; HEXAPODA; MUSCIDAE; NECROBIA RUFIPES; OPHYRA; PATTONELLA; PATTONELLA INTERMUTANS; PIOPHILA CASEI; PIOPHILIDAE; PUTORIA; SARCOPHAGIDAE; SILPHIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BRAZIL; CADAVER; CLASSIFICATION; FLY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; SWINE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BRAZIL; CADAVER; DIPTERA; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033628165     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762000000100023     Document Type: Article

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