Interpretation of postmortem change in Cadavers in Spain

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 918-923

  Prieto, José L ^a   Magaña, Concepción ^a   Ubelaker, Douglas H ^b  

^a Instituto Anatomico Forense   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Human taphonomy; Postmortem interval (PMI); Spain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CLIMATE; DATA ANALYSIS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FRACTURE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 4444371725     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs2003337     Document Type: Article

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