Numbers, sizes, and types of diatoms around estuaries for a diatom test

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 269-274

  Kakizaki, Eiji ^a   Kozawa, Shuji ^a   Sakai, Masahiro ^b   Yukawa, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diatom test; Drowning; Estuary; Salinity

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; DIATOM; ESTUARY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; JAPAN; RIVER; SEA;

DIATOMS; ESTUARIES; FORENSIC SCIENCES; FRESH WATER; JAPAN; OCEANS AND SEAS; RIVERS;

EID: 80053611854     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318221b857     Document Type: Article

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