Citation

Dalton-Beninato K. Lab. Med. 2000; 31(9): 482-486.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1309/PKFC-XWH6-UHTD-JLF4

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Forensic pathologists have replaced the crime fighters of the 1920s. Find out how one pathologist used DNA testing to put away a criminal 30 years after he committed a crime and how another analyzed bullet washings to determine which body organs a bullet penetrated when it entered its victim.

Language: en

Keywords

autopsy; bullet; cause of death; computer network; data base; DNA; DNA determination; DNA sequence; forensic identification; forensic pathology; gel electrophoresis; gunshot injury; homicide; human; intoxication; polymerase chain reaction; review; stab wound; suicide