The potential of forensic analysis on human bones found in riverine environment

Forensic Science International

Volumn 228, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages e1-

  Delabarde, Tania ^a   Keyser, Christine ^a   Tracqui, Antoine ^a   Charabidze, Damien ^b   Ludes, Bertrand ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE MÉDECINE LÉGALE   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Diatoms; DNA; Forensic anthropology; Post mortem interval; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIATOM; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 84876476441     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.03.019     Document Type: Article

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