When DNA is not available, can we still identify people? Recommendations for best practice

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 533-540

  Baraybar, Jose Pablo ^a,b  

^a Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team ^*  (Peru)

^b Peruvian Forensic Anthropology Team (EPAF)   (Peru)

Author keywords

Disappearance; DNA testing; Emic; Ethic; Forensic anthropology; Forensic sciences; Identification; Traditional methods

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANTHROPOLOGY; CLOTHING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; VICTIM; WITNESS;

BODY HEIGHT; CLOTHING; DATA COLLECTION; DENTAL RECORDS; DISASTERS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FAMILY; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; PERU; WAR CRIMES; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 43449087350     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00709.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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