The infestation of Dermestes ater (De Geer) on a human corpse in Malaysia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-79

  Kumara, T K ^a   Abu Hassan, A ^a   Che Salmah, M R ^a   Bhupinder, S ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b Penang Adventist Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEETLE; CADAVER; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; LARVA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BEETLES; CADAVER; HUMANS; LARVA; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 72449162661     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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