Mortuary operations in the aftermath of the 2009 Victorian bushfires

Forensic Science International

Volumn 205, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 8-14

  Leditschke, Jodie ^a,b   Collett, Sarsha ^a   Ellen, Rebecca ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushfire; Disaster victim identification; Mortuary management

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; BUSHFIRE; CONTAMINATION; CORONER; DENTISTRY; DISASTER PLANNING; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EMERGENCY CARE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDONESIA; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NATURAL DISASTER; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POLICE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK REDUCTION; VICTIM;

EID: 79651469754     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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