Forensically important fly maggots in a floating corpse: The first case report in Thailand

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1458-1461

  Sukontason, Kabkaew L ^a   Narongchai, Paitoon ^a   Sukontason, Kom ^a   Methanitikorn, Rungkanta ^a   Piangjai, Somsak ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Blow fly; Chrysomya; Floating corpse; Forensic entomology; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; FLY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL STAGE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; DIPTERA; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; THAILAND; WATER;

EID: 30844451040     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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