Fly pupae and puparia as potential contaminants of forensic entomology samples from sites of body discovery

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 364-368

  Archer, M S ^a,b,c   Elgar, M A ^b   Briggs, C A ^a,b   Ranson, D L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contamination; Forensic entomology; Post mortem interval; Pupae; Puparia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLY; FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; ENTOMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; LARVA; MALE; MYIASIS; PUPA;

EID: 33750289054     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-005-0046-x     Document Type: Article

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