Future trends in forensic entomology

Current Concepts in Forensic Entomology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 353-368

  Amendt, Jens ^a   Zehner, Richard ^a   Johnson, Diana G ^b   Wells, Jeffrey ^b  

^a Institute of Forensic Medicine   (Germany)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79960544310     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9684-6_16     Document Type: Chapter

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