Free fatty acids composition in adipocere of the kwäday dän ts'ìnchí ancient remains found in a glacier

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1039-1043

  Liu, Chang ^a   Park, Hyun M ^b   Monsalve, Maria V ^a   Chen, David D Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

adipocere; ancient human remains; extraction method; forensic science; free fatty acids; gas chromatography mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CANADA; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; ICE COVER; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ICE COVER; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MUMMIES; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 77954344209     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01373.x     Document Type: Article

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