The importance of Guthrie cards and other medical samples for the direct matching of disaster victims using DNA profiling

Dadna Hartman, Linda Rose Benton, Leah Morenos, Jochen Beyer, Michelle Claire Spiden, April Lamande Stock

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Abstract

Describes the use of biobanks and medical specimens, as a sample source for the recovery of good quality DNA to compare to post-mortem samples, to assist in victim identification following the 2009 Victorian bushfires
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)59 - 63
Number of pages5
JournalForensic Science International
Volume205
Issue number1-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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