Forensic entomology: a template for forensic acarology?
Insects are used in a variety of ways in forensic science and the developing area of forensic acarology may have a similar range of potential. This short account summarises the main ways in which entomology currently contributes to forensic science and discusses to what extent acarology might also contribute in these areas.
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Department of Forensic Science & Drug Monitoring, King's College London, 150 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NH, UK. bryan.turner@kcl.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D004772:Entomology; D044707:Forensic Sciences; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D008925:Mites / Q000502:physiology*; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors