International collaboration in mass disasters involving foreign nationals within the EU: Medico-legal investigation of Finnish victims of the Milan linate airport SAS SK 686 aircraft accident on 8 October 2001

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 204-210

  Lunetta, P ^a   Ranta, H ^a   Cattaneo, C ^b   Piccinini, A ^b   Niskanen, R ^c   Sajantila, A ^a   Penttila A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c National Bureau of Investigation Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Foreign nationals; Identification; Mass disaster

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISASTER; EUROPEAN UNION; FINLAND; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ITALY; LAW; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VICTIM;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DISASTERS; FINLAND; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ITALY;

EID: 0042930920     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-003-0366-7     Document Type: Article

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