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Forensic Sciences Research Volume 4, 2019 - Issue 4: Special Issue on Modern Advances in the Technological Approach to Disaster Victim Identification (DVI); Guest Editor: Peter Ellis
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The role of forensic anthropology in disaster victim identification (DVI): recent developments and future prospects

Hans H. de BoerNetherlands Forensic Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands; ;Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Correspondence[email protected]
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Soren BlauDepartment of Forensic Services, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; ;Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Monash, Australia;
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Tania DelabardeInstitute of Legal Medicine, Paris, France;
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Lucina HackmanCentre for Anatomy and Human ID (CAHID), University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
Pages 303-315 | Received 21 Mar 2018, Accepted 22 May 2018, Published online: 02 Oct 2018

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