Forensic investigation of corpses in various states of decomposition a multidisciplinary approach

Forensic Anthropology and Medicine: Complementary Sciences From Recovery to Cause of Death

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 159-195

  Pinheiro, João ^a   Cunha, Eugénia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

adipocere; Decomposition; diverse states of decomposition; human remains; multidisciplinary; mummification; preservation; putrefaction; saponification

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348869485     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-099-7_7     Document Type: Chapter

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