Modelling time-since-death in Australian temperate conditions

Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-41

  Fitzgerald, Catherine May ^a   Oxenham, Marc ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Forensic anthropology; Model; Taphonomy; Time since death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEATH; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SUN EXPOSURE; SWINE; TIME; TIME SINCE DEATH;

EID: 70449643727     PISSN: 00450618     EISSN: 1834562X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00450610902935981     Document Type: Article

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