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Jeffrey D Wells1

  • 1Department of Biological Sciences and International Forensic Research Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199.

Journal of Forensic Sciences
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PubMed

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death investigationforensic entomologyforensic scienceinsect successionpostmortem intervalpre-appearance interval

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