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Disaster victim identification operations with fragmented, burnt, or commingled remains: experience-based recommendations

Hans H. de Boera Department of Forensic Medicine, Netherlands Forensic Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands;b Department of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Julie Robertsc Faculty of Science, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK;d Principal Forensic Services Ltd, Bromley, UKORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6838-216X
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Tania Delabardee Institut Médico-Légal de Paris, Paris, France;f Université de Paris, BABEL, CNRS, Paris, FranceORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6331-5526
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Amy Z. Mundorffg Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
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Soren Blauh Department of Forensic Services, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Melbourne, Australia;i Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6499-7741
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Pages 191-201 | Received 29 Oct 2019, Accepted 22 Mar 2020, Published online: 26 May 2020

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