First records of two species of Oriental scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from forensic cases

Forensic Science International

Volumn 195, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages

  Thevan, Kumara ^a   Disney, R Henry L Henry ^b   Ahmad, Abu Hassan ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diptera; Forensic cases; Phoridae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; DECOMPOSITION; FLY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 74849109658     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.10.020     Document Type: Article

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