Towards a "crime pollen calendar"-Pollen analysis on corpses throughout one year

Forensic Science International

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-223

  Montali, Elisa ^a   Mercuri, Anna Maria ^a   Trevisan Grandi, Giuliana ^a   Accorsi, Carla Alberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corpses; Forensic science; Pollen; Pollen calendar; Season

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYEBROW; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORTALITY; NOSE CAVITY; POLLEN; POLLEN ANALYSIS; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE DATABASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 33750317322     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.11.020     Document Type: Article

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