Limbs found in water: Investigation using anthropological analysis and the diatom test

Forensic Science International

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Gruspier, Katherine L ^a   Pollanen, Michael S ^a  

^a Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Anthropology; Decomposition; Diatom test; Diatoms; Dismemberment; Drowning; Race; Sex; Stature

Indexed keywords

NITRIC ACID; WATER;

AGE; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY HEIGHT; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIATOM; DROWNING; FEMUR; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX DETERMINATION; TIBIA;

EID: 0034710382     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00231-5     Document Type: Article

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