Development of a quality, high throughput DNA analysis procedure for skeletal samples to assist with the identification of victims from the World Trade Center attacks

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 264-272

  Holland, Mitchell M ^a   Cave, Christopher A ^a   Holland, Charity A ^a   Bille, Todd W ^a  

^a Bode Technology Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster planning; DNA; DNA, mitochondrial; Forensic medicine; Tandem repeat sequences

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FATALITY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM REPEAT; TERRORISM; TISSUE PREPARATION; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

BONE AND BONES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TERRORISM;

EID: 0038349431     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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