Contemporary precision, bias and accuracy of minimum post-mortem intervals estimated using development of carrion-feeding insects

Current Concepts in Forensic Entomology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 109-137

  Villet, Martin H ^a   Richards, Cameron S ^a   Midgley, John M ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9684-6_7     Document Type: Chapter

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