Back to the Future - Part 2. Post-mortem assessment and evolutionary role of the bio-medicolegal sciences

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1085-1101

  Ferrara, Santo Davide ^a   Cecchetto, Giovanni ^a   Cecchi, Rossana ^b   Favretto, Donata ^a   Grabherr, Silke ^c   Ishikawa, Takaki ^d   Kondo, Toshikazu ^e   Montisci, Massimo ^a   Pfeiffer, Heidi ^f   Bonati, Maurizio Rippa ^g   Shokry, Dina ^h   Vennemann, Marielle ^f   Bajanowski, Thomas ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTER OF LEGAL MEDICINE   (Switzerland)

^d OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^h CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bio Medicolegal sciences Forensic Pathology; Forensic autopsy; Genetics and genomics; Medicolegal autopsy; Post mortem assessment; Radiology and imaging; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORECASTING; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLOMICS; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; PHARMACOGENETIC VARIANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOMICS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRENDS;

CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FORECASTING; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; METABOLOMICS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHARMACOGENOMIC VARIANTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOMICS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 85018678521     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-017-1585-7     Document Type: Review

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