Time-since-death and bone weathering in a tropical environment

Forensic Science International

Volumn 204, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 126-133

  Ross, Ann H ^a   Cunningham, Sarah L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone weathering; Buried remains; Coiba Island; Panama; Skeletal preservation; Tropical climate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BONE AGE; BONE TISSUE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; PANAMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAPHONOMY; TIME OF DEATH; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TROPIC CLIMATE; WEATHERING;

EID: 78650889394     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.05.018     Document Type: Article

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