Sorting and identifying commingled remains of U.S. war dead: The collaborative roles of JPAC and AFDIL

Recovery, Analysis, and Identification of Commingled Human Remains

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 301-315

  Damann, Franklin E ^a   Edson, Suni M ^b  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory   (United States)

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EID: 70649087307     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-316-5_16     Document Type: Chapter

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