Percentage of body recovered and its effect on identification rates and cause and manner of death determination

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 528-531

  Komar, Debra A ^a,b   Potter, Wendy E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Manner of death; Personal identification

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; NEW MEXICO; SKULL;

EID: 34247329030     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00417.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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