Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 5, Issue 4 , Pages 291-296 , August 2011

Disaster victim investigation recommendations from two simulated mass disaster scenarios utilized for user acceptance testing CODIS 6.0

Received 4 January 2010 ,Revised 6 May 2010 ,Accepted 15 May 2010.

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