Canine scavenging of human remains in an indoor setting

Forensic Science International

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-82

  Steadman, Dawnie Wolfe ^a   Worne, Heather ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Canine scavenging; Postmortem interval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG BITE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIGENT; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAVENGER (ORGANISM);

EID: 34548680500     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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