Flies eggs: A new method for the estimation of short-term post-mortem interval?

Forensic Science International

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-34

  Bourel, Benoit ^a,b   Callet, Benoît ^b   Hédouin, Valéry ^b   Gosset, Didier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Diptera; Eggs; Forensic entomology; Post mortem interval

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; EGG LAYING; FLY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HATCHING; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 0042669873     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(03)00157-9     Document Type: Article

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