Trial for the geographical identification using JC viral genotyping in Japan

Forensic Science International

Volumn 139, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 169-172

  Ikegaya, Hiroshi ^a   Iwase, Hirotaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Forensic medicine; Identification; Japanese; JC virus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JAPAN; JC VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 1042264344     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.10.019     Document Type: Article

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