DNA Commission of the International Society for Forensic Genetics (ISFG): Recommendations regarding the role of forensic genetics for disaster victim identification (DVI)

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-12

  Prinz, M ^a   Carracedo, A ^b   Mayr, W R ^c   Morling, N ^d   Parsons, T J ^e   Sajantila, A ^f   Scheithauer, R ^g   Schmitter, H ^h   Schneider, P M ⁱ  

^a Department of Forensic Biology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e International Commission on Missing Persons   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^h Federal Criminal Police Office   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disaster victim identification; DNA testing; Forensic genetics

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AUTOPSY; DISASTER; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TSUNAMI;

DISASTERS; DNA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC;

EID: 34247882034     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2006.10.003     Document Type: Review

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