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01-06-2012 | Review

DNA analysis in disaster victim identification

Authors: Kerstin Montelius, Bertil Lindblom

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 2/2012

Abstract

DNA profiling and matching is one of the primary methods to identify missing persons in a disaster, as defined by the Interpol Disaster Victim Identification Guide. The process to identify a victim by DNA includes: the collection of the best possible ante-mortem (AM) samples, the choice of post-mortem (PM) samples, DNA-analysis, matching and statistical weighting of the genetic relationship or match. Each disaster has its own scenario, and each scenario defines its own methods for identification of the deceased.

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Title: DNA analysis in disaster victim identification
Authors: Kerstin Montelius
Bertil Lindblom
Publication date: 01-06-2012
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 2/2012
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-011-9276-z

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