Investigation of Italy's deadliest building collapse: Forensic aspects of a mass disaster

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 635-639

  Campobasso, Carlo P ^a   Falamingo, Rosa ^a   Vinci, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abbreviated injury scale (AIS); Anatomical scoring systems; Building collapse; Forensic science; Mass disaster; New injury severity score (NISS); Trauma fatalities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASPHYXIA; AUTOPSY; BUILDING; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTISTRY; DISASTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISASTERS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0038711000     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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