Comparison of Decomposition Rates and Faunal Colonization of Carrion in Indoor and Outdoor Environments

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 136-142

  Anderson, Gail S ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blow flies; Calliphoridae; Elapsed time since death; Forensic entomology; Forensic science

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CADAVER; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOUSING; LARVA; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; ENTOMOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOUSING; LARVA; MODELS, ANIMAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SUS SCROFA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 78650739293     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01539.x     Document Type: Article

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