The effect of repeated physical disturbance on soft tissue decomposition - Are taphonomic studies an accurate reflection of decomposition?

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1007-1014

  Adlam, Rachel E ^a   Simmons, Tal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Disturbance; Forensic science; Forensic taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; TAPHONOMY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYIASIS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RABBITS; SOIL;

EID: 34548349051     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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