Thoughts for the organisation of an early phase response to preserve victim identification information after mass disasters. A contribution to: ISFG: Recommendations regarding the role of forensic genetics for disaster victim identification (DVI by M. Prinz, A. Carracedo, W.R. Mayr, N. Morling, T.J. Parsons, A. Sajantila, R. Scheithauer, H. Schmitter, P.M. Schneider)

Forensic Science International

Volumn 177, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages

  Szibor, Reinhard ^a   Huckenbeck, Wolfgang ^b   Thiel, Wolfgang ^c   Krause, Dieter ^d   Lessig, Rüdiger ^e  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^c Landeskriminalamt Nordrhein Westfalen   (Germany)

^d Gerichtsmedizin Magdeburg   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disaster victim identification; DNA specimen preservation; Mass disaster; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

DENTISTRY; DISASTER; DNA DETERMINATION; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; FORENSIC GENETICS; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TSUNAMI; VICTIM;

EID: 41649091232     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.11.010     Document Type: Letter

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