Three species of insects collected from an adult human corpse above 3300 m in elevation: A review of a case from Colorado

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1164-1165

  Adair, Thomas W ^a   Kondratieff, Boris C ^b  

^a Westminster Police Department   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Calliphora coloradensis; Death investigation; Forensic entomology; Forensic science; High elevation; Lucilia silvarum; Thanatophilus coloradensis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CALLIPHORA COLORADENSIS; CASE REPORT; DEATH; FLY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INSECT; LUCILIA SILVARUM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THANATOPHILUS COLORADENSIS;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; COLORADO; DIPTERA; ENTOMOLOGY; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE;

EID: 33749004517     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2006.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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