Indoor arthropods of forensic importance: Insects associated with indoor decomposition and mites as indoor markers

Current Concepts in Forensic Entomology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 93-108

  Frost, Crystal L ^a   Braig, Henk R ^a   Amendt, Jens ^b   Perotti, M Alejandra ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Forensic Medicine   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84880997603     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9684-6_6     Document Type: Chapter

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