After the Indian Ocean Tsunami: Singapore's contribution to the international disaster victim identification effort in Thailand

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 341-351

  Lau, Gilbert ^a,b   Tan, W F ^b   Tan, P H ^a,c  

^a Department of Forensic Medicine   (Singapore)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES AUTHORITY   (Singapore)

^c Singapore Army   (Singapore)

Author keywords

DNA profiling; Forensic dentistry; Forensic pathology; Human identification; International co operation; Putrefaction

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; DENTISTRY; DISASTER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; THAILAND; VICTIM;

EID: 22544462223     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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