Shellac: A non-toxic preservative for human embalming techniques

Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1561-1567

  Al Hayani, Abdulmonem A ^a   Hamdy, Raid M ^a   Abd El Aziz, Gamal S ^a   Badawoud, Mohamed H ^a   Aldaqal, Saleh ^a   Bedir, Yahya ^b  

^a King Abdulaziz University   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Embalming; Formaldehyde; Human cadaver; KSA; Shellac; Standard

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052098086     PISSN: 16805593     EISSN: 1993601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/javaa.2011.1561.1567     Document Type: Article

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