Migrant deaths and the Kater Radez i wreck: From recovery of the relict to marine taphonomic findings and identification of the victims

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 871-879

  Introna, Francesco ^a   Di Vella, Giancarlo ^a   Campobasso, Carlo Pietro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human rights; Identification; Marine taphonomy; Mass disaster; Postmortem interval

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ALBANIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DISASTER; DROWNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; MOLLUSC; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; REFUGEE; SEA; SHIP; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; ALBANIA; ANIMALS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DISASTERS; DROWNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISHES; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLLUSCA; OCEANS AND SEAS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; REFUGEES; SHIPS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879879343     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-012-0807-2     Document Type: Article

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