Discovery of decomposed and mummified corpses in the domestic setting - A marker of social isolation?

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 837-842

  Honigschnabl S ^a   Schaden, E ^a   Stichenwirth, M ^a   Schneider, B ^a   Klupp, N ^a   Kremeier, E ^b   Lehner, W ^b   Vycudilik, W ^a   Bauer, G ^a   Risser, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b State Health Authority   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Decomposition and mummification of corpses; Forensic medicine; Forensic science; Social isolation; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DECOMPOSITION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOME; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 0036310514     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs15453j     Document Type: Article

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