Estimation of the time of death of decomposed or skeletonized bodies found outdoors in cold season in Sapporo city, located in the northern district of Japan

Legal Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 78-82

  Matoba, Kotaro ^a   Terazawa, Koichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calliphora lata; Calliphora vicina; Cold season; Fly larvae; Forensic entomology; Oviposition of flies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BRAIN DAMAGE; CADAVER; CARNIVORE; COLD; DECOMPOSITION; EGG; JAPAN; LARVA; NONHUMAN; SKELETON; SKULL; TIME OF DEATH;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; COLD; DEATH; DIPTERA; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; JAPAN; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37749002223     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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