Guidelines for international forensic bio-archaeology monitors of mass grave exhumations

Forensic Science International

Volumn 134, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 81-92

  Skinner, Mark ^a   Alempijevic, Djordje ^b   Djuric Srejic, Marija ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Archaeology; Exhumation; Mass graves; Monitoring protocol; Postmortem examination; Site formation

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; AUTHORITY; AUTOPSY; BIOTYPOLOGY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0037678699     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(03)00124-5     Document Type: Review

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