"Foreign" DNA in tissue adherent to compact bone from tsunami victims

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 218-222

  Zehner, Richard ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone; Contamination; DNA profile; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

DNA; FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE MARROW; CHILD; CONTAMINATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMUR; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; TSUNAMI; VICTIM;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIDAL WAVES;

EID: 34248531141     PISSN: 18724973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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