Issues and strategies in the DNA identification of World Trade Center victims

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 173-178

  Brenner, C H ^a   Weir, B S ^b  

^a North Carolina State University ^*  (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FINGERPRINTING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POPULATION GENETICS; WORLD TRADE CENTER;

ALIA;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

AIRCRAFT; CRIME VICTIMS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; NEW YORK CITY; TERRORISM;

EID: 0043135064     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-5809(03)00008-X     Document Type: Article

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