Guidelines for international forensic bio-archaeology monitors of mass grave exhumations.

@article{Skinner2003GuidelinesFI,
  title={Guidelines for international forensic bio-archaeology monitors of mass grave exhumations.},
  author={Mark F. Skinner and Djordje Alempijevic and Marija Djuric-Srejic},
  journal={Forensic science international},
  year={2003},
  volume={134 2-3},
  pages={
          81-92
        }
}
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