Factors affecting decomposition and Diptera colonization

Forensic Science International

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 18-27

  Campobasso, Carlo Pietro ^a   Di Vella, Giancarlo ^a   Introna, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carrion insects; Diptera; Forensic entomology; Human decomposition; Postmortem interval

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; DECOMPOSITION; FLY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; INSECT; NONHUMAN; POSTMORTEM INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 0035882622     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(01)00411-X     Document Type: Article

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