Reuniting families: An online database to aid in the identification of undocumented immigrant remains

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-53

  Baker, Lori E ^a   Baker, Erich J ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Baylor University   (United States)

Author keywords

Database; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Immigrant death; Mitochondrial DNA; Undocumented immigrants

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEATH; DNA SEQUENCE; EXHUMATION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNET; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 39049167465     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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