Cuticular hydrocarbons: A new tool in forensic entomology?

Current Concepts in Forensic Entomology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 179-203

  Drijfhout, Falko P ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9684-6_10     Document Type: Chapter

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