Science & Justice
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 150-153 , December 2011

An apparently jawless cadaver: A case of post-mortem slippage

Received 31 October 2010 ,Revised 15 February 2011 ,Accepted 19 March 2011.

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PII: S1355-0306(11)00027-X

doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2011.03.004

Science & Justice
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 150-153 , December 2011