The role of forensic anthropology in Disaster Victim Identification (DVI)

Forensic Science International

Volumn 205, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 29-35

  Blau, Soren ^a   Briggs, Christopher A ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disasters; DVI; Forensic anthropology; Identification

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; BUSHFIRE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTISTRY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; NATURAL DISASTER; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; VICTIM;

EID: 79651470445     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.07.038     Document Type: Article

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