Puparial case hydrocarbons of Chrysomya megacephala as an indicator of the postmortem interval

Forensic Science International

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-5

  Zhu, Guang H ^a   Xu, Xiao H ^a   Yu, Xiao J ^a   Zhang, Yuan ^a   Wang, Jiang F ^b  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b Guangdong Police Officer College   (China)

Author keywords

Chrysomya megacephala; Cuticular hydrocarbon; Postmortem interval; Puparial case; Weathering time

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHRYSOMYA MEGACEPHALA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34247889810     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.06.078     Document Type: Article

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