Prevalence of diatom frustules in non-vegetarian foodstuffs and its implications in interpreting identification of diatom frustules in drowning cases

Forensic Science International

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Yen, Law Yen ^a   Jayaprakash, P T ^b  

^a Forensic Division   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Diatom ingestion via food; Diatom test for drowning; Diatom test result interpretation; Estimation in Malay population

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLAM; DIATOM; DROWNING; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; MALAYSIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHRIMP; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION;

EID: 34347217076     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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