In May of this year two major events (Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the Sichuan earthquake
in China) served to remind those of us involved in Disaster Victim Identification
(DVI) of the enormity of the response required in these and similar situations, and
how dramatic the impact on supporting laboratories can be.
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Publication history
Published online: November 03, 2008
Received:
August 30,
2008
Identification
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© 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
