Forensic medical lessons learned from the Victorian Bushfire Disaster: Recommendations from the Phase 5 debrief

Forensic Science International

Volumn 205, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 73-76

  Bassed, Richard ^a   Leditschke, Jodie ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushfire; Disaster victim identification; Forensic science; Phase 5 debrief

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BUSHFIRE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONER; DISASTER PLANNING; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; NATURAL DISASTER; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM;

EID: 79651475013     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.06.026     Document Type: Article

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