Decompositional odor analysis database

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 760-769

  Vass, Arpad A ^a   Smith, Rob R ^a   Thompson, Cyril V ^a   Burnett, Michael N ^a   Wolf, Dennis A ^a   Synstelien, Jennifer A ^b   Dulgerian, Nishan ^c   Eckenrode, Brian A ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c Federal Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

Author keywords

Buried bodies; Cadaver dog; Forensic science; Human decomposition; Odor analysis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; VOLATILE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AIR SAMPLING; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BURIAL SITE; CADAVER; CHEMICAL SENSOR; DATA BASE; DECOMPOSITION; DECOMPOSITIONAL ODOR ANALYSIS DATABASE; DOG; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN DECOMPOSITION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ODOR; OLFACTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSOR; TECHNIQUE; TRIPLE SORBENT TRAP;

EID: 3142744654     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003434     Document Type: Article

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