Unusual characteristic patterns of postmortem injuries

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 592-594

  Asamura, Hideki ^a   Takayanagi, Kayoko ^a   Ota, Masao ^a   Kobayashi, Kanya ^a   Fukushima, Hirofumi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Charred body; Crow scavenging; Forensic science; Postmortem injuries

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIRD; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FIRE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

EID: 2442705436     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003345     Document Type: Article

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