Time since death: A novel approach to dating skeletal remains

Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 67-72

  Forbes, Shari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHEOLOGY; AUSTRALIA; CHRONOLOGY; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GEOGRAPHY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; OFFENDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLICE; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETON; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 9644257087     PISSN: 00450618     EISSN: 1834562X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00450610409410599     Document Type: Article

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