Application of forensic entomology to estimate of the postmortem interval (PMI) in homicide investigations by the Rio de Janeiro Police Department in Brazil

Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-44

  Oliveira Costa, Janyra ^a   de Mello Patiu, Cátia Antunes ^b  

^a Dept of Technical/Scientific Police ^*  (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Diptera; Forensic Entomology; Postmortem Interval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CRIME; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FLY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INSECT; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MALE; POLICE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 2442647743     PISSN: 09728074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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