3. Potential contamination of forensic entomology samples collected in the mortuary: A case report

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-91

  Archer, M S ^a,b   Ransom, D L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BEETLE; CASE REPORT; ENTOMOPATHOGENY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INSECT; INSECT CONTROL; POSTHUMOUS CARE; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT; FLY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BEETLES; CADAVER; DIPTERA; ENTOMOLOGY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; LARVA; MORTUARY PRACTICE; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 14844344107     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.45.1.89     Document Type: Article

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