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Adams, B.J., Konigsberg, L.W. (2008). How Many People? Determining the Number of Individuals Represented by Commingled Human Remains. In: Adams, B.J., Byrd, J.E. (eds) Recovery, Analysis, and Identification of Commingled Human Remains. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-316-5_12
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