Forensic anthropology and the most probable cause of death in cases of violations against international humanitarian law: An example from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-108

  Baraybar, Jose Pablo ^a,c   Gasior, Marek ^b  

^a Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF)   (Yugoslavia)

^b Forensic Pathologist Office on Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF)   (Yugoslavia)

^c Department of Justice   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bosnia and Herzegovina; Cause of death; Forensic anthropology; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Genocide; International Humanitarian Law; Minimal number of individuals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; LAW; MALE; MINING; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TECHNOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; EXHUMATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WAR; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 33645240220     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2005.00035.x     Document Type: Article

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