Forensic odontology in the disaster victim identification process

Journal of Forensic Odonto-Stomatology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-12

  Pittayapat, Pisha ^a,b   Jacobs, Reinhilde ^a   De Valck, Eddy ^c   Vandermeulen, Dirk ^a   Willems, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c DVI Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Disaster Victim Identification (DVI); Forensic odontology; Human identification; Mass casualty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866444184     PISSN: 0258414X     EISSN: 22196749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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