Jonestown tragedy revisited: The role of dentistry

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-7

  Brannon, Robert B ^a   Morlang, William M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental identification; Forensic odontology; Forensic science; Guyana; Jonestown; Mass disaster

Indexed keywords

DENTISTRY; DISASTER; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GUYANA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUICIDE;

EID: 0036151595     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs15197j     Document Type: Review

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