Forensic aspects of the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Disaster

Forensic Science International

Volumn 205, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 2-7

  Cordner, Stephen M ^a   Woodford, Noel ^a   Bassed, Richard ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disaster victim identification; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Victorian bushfires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; BUSHFIRE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONER; DENTISTRY; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY WARD; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; JAPAN; MASS DISASTER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 79651470044     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.08.008     Document Type: Article

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