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In various fields of medical biological criminology, there has been continuous progress in scientific methodology over the last century, accompanied by improvements in the forensic evidential value of the findings obtained.
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Dirnhofer, R. (2016). Postmortem Imaging: A Part of Forensic Medicine. In: Grabherr, S., Grimm, J., Heinemann, A. (eds) Atlas of Postmortem Angiography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28537-5_2
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