Identification and analysis of human remains recovered from wells from the 1991 War in Croatia

Forensic Science International

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-43

  Šlaus, Mario ^a,b   Strinović, Davor ^b   Pećina Šlaus, Nives ^b   Brkić, Hrvoje ^c   Baličević, Drinko ^d   Petrovečki, Vedrana ^b   Pećina, Tatjana Cicvara ^e  

^a CROATIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d Sisters of Mercy Hospital   (Croatia)

^e Regional Health Center eljezni ar   (Croatia)

Author keywords

1991 War in Croatia; Forensic anthropology; Mass graves; Positive identification; Wells

Indexed keywords

WELL WATER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLOTHING; CROATIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTISTRY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TAPHONOMY; WAR;

EID: 34547421221     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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