Entomofauna of buried bodies in northern France

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 215-220

  Bourel, Benoit ^a,b   Tournel, Gilles ^b   Hédouin, Valéry ^b   Gosset, Didier ^b  

^a Gastroenterology Department   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Burial; Exhumation; Forensic entomology; Insect; Post mortem interval

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOPSY; COLEOPTERA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONICERA TIBIALIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAUNA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRANCE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPTOCERA CAENOSA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPHYRA CAPENSIS; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRIPHLEBA HYALINATA; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 1542381779     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-004-0449-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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