A forensic entomology case from the Amazon rain forest of Brazil

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1151-1153

  Pujol Luz, José R ^a   Marques, Helder ^b   Ururahy Rodrigues, Alexandre ^c   Rafael, José Albertino ^c   Santana, Fernando H A ^a   Arantes, Luciano C ^d   Constantino, Reginaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE RONDÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d Instituto Nacional de Criminalistica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon rainforest; Forensic entomology; Forensic science; Paralucilia fulvinota; Postmortem interval

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAZIL; DATA ANALYSIS; FLY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FOREST; HUMAN; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DIPTERA; ENTOMOLOGY; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 33748995939     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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