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020 _a9781933264417
040 _cCUS
082 _a363.25
_bMAT/F
100 _aOkoye, Matthias I
245 0 _aForensic investigation of mass disasters/
_cMatthias I Okoye; Cyril H Wecht
260 _aUS:
_bTucson, AZ : Lawyers & Judges Pub. Co.,
_c2007.
300 _axix, 458 p.
_bill.;
_c24 cm.
505 _aScene investigation: the role of law enforcementand forensic scientists in bioterrorism and mass disasters -- Mass casualty identification through DNA analysis: overview, problems, and pitfalls -- Identifying human remains using TrueAllele® technology -- Dental identifications in mass disaster investigations -- The role of the forensic pathologist in a mass disaster -- The role of the coroner/medical examiner after a mass disaster -- Medical examiners, coroners, and biological terrorism: a guidebook for surveillance and case management -- The role of funeral directors and mortuary personnel within the DMORT operations in mass disasters -- Forensic engineering in mass disasters:analysis, prevention, and mitigation -- Psychopathy, media and the psychology at the root of terrorism and mass disasters -- Current trends in forensic investigations of human rights abuse: human identification of mass graves -- The role of forensic anthropologists in mass disasters and the issues and challenges in the anthropological identification of mass disaster victims -- The application of forensic entomology to mass disasters -- Developing core competencies in disaster medicine -- Mass disaster litigation in the United States -- Recent air crashes in Nigeria: legal considerations -- Recent mass disasters in West Africa: the urgent need for training forensic experts in Africa -- Forensic toxicology in mass disasters: from specimen preservation to toxic truth -- Survival time and activity prior to death in fatal head trauma -- Survival time and activity prior to death in fatal trauma to the body and limbs -- Florida's disaster fatality management team -- Public health aspects and preventive measures.
650 _aDisasters.
650 _aForensic sciences.
650 _aEmergency management.
700 _aWecht, Cyril H
942 _cWB16