The death of Adolf Hitler - Forensic aspects

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1147-1153

  Marchetti, Daniela ^a   Boschi, Ilaria ^a   Polacco, Matteo ^a   Rainio, Juha ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolf Hitler; Cause of death; Forensic data; Forensic science

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CYANIDE POISONING; DNA DETERMINATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; JAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SKULL; TOXICITY TESTING;

AUTOPSY; FAMOUS PERSONS; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 24644446339     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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