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It is all about the insects: a retrospective on 20 years of forensic entomology highlights the impor...

It is all about the insects: a retrospective on 20 years of forensic entomology highlights the impor...

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It is all about the insects: a retrospective on 20 years of forensic entomology highlights the importance of insects in legal investigations

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It is all about the insects: a retrospective on 20 years of forensic entomology highlights the importance of insects in legal investigations

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Journal title

International journal of legal medicine, 2021-11, Vol.135 (6), p.2637-2651

Language

English

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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Contents

This study highlights the importance of insect evidence by evaluating 949 insect-associated cases, including 139 entomological reports, from 2001 to 2019 at the Institute of Legal Medicine Frankfurt/Germany. With a high number of cases in the summer months and a low number in the colder season, 78.5% of the bodies were found indoors, regardless of...

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It is all about the insects: a retrospective on 20 years of forensic entomology highlights the importance of insects in legal investigations

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_8523412

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_8523412

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ISSN

0937-9827

E-ISSN

1437-1596

DOI

10.1007/s00414-021-02628-6

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