Femur, rib, and tooth sample collection for DNA analysis in disaster victim identification (DVI) : AA method to minimize contamination risk

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-21

  Westen, Antoinette A ^a,b   Gerretsen, Reza R R ^a,b   Maat, George J R ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS FORENSIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contamination; DNA; DVI; Forensic; Human identification; Mass disaster; Sample collection

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHEMISTRY; DISASTER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMUR; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; RIB; TOOTH; TSUNAMI;

DISASTERS; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FEMUR; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RIBS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIDAL WAVES; TOOTH;

EID: 56749105765     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-007-0027-0     Document Type: Article

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