Use of forensic methods under exigent circumstances without full validation

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Schutzer, Steven E ^a   Keim, Paul ^b   Czerwinski, Ken ^c   Budowle, Bruce ^d  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; TERRORISM; VALIDATION STUDY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TERRORISM; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77954678952     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3000372     Document Type: Note

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