Tsunami 2004. Medico-legal experience of the identification committee during the first days in Thailand;Tsunami 2004. Rechtsmedizinische erfahrungen aus dem einsatz der identifizierungskommission in den ersten tagen in Thailand

Rechtsmedizin

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 430-437

  Peschel, O ^a   Lessig, R ^b   Grundmann, C ^c   Peter, J ^d   Tsokos, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c Wedau Kliniken   (Germany)

^d Bundeskriminalamt OA 37   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disaster victim identification; Forensic odontology; Forensic pathology; Mass disasters; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; AUTOPSY; DISASTER; DNA SCREENING; DOCUMENTATION; FLOOD TIDE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PHOTOGRAPHY; THAILAND; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; VICTIM;

EID: 28844509737     PISSN: 09379819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00194-005-0350-2     Document Type: Article

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