Microbial forensics: Applications in bioterrorism

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-204

  Pattnaik, Priyabrata ^a   Jana, Asha Mukul ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

Biological evidence; Biological warfare; Forensics; Microbiology; Molecular phylogeny; Molecular signature

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844461019     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920590952874     Document Type: Review

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