The BCG scar after percutaneous multiple puncture vaccination may help establish the nationalities of unidentified cadavers

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 235-241

  Sakurada, Koichi ^a   Toida, Ichiro ^b   Sakai, Ikuko ^a   Sekiguchi, Kazumasa ^a   Shiraishi, Tomoko ^a   Takatori, Takehiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POLICE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Kiyose   (Japan)

Author keywords

BCG; Scar; Unidentified cadaver; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BCG VACCINATION; BRAZIL; CADAVER IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PUNCTURE; RACE; SKIN SCAR; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0344012965     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2003.08.004     Document Type: Article

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