Disaster victim identification: Tsunami.

Abstract:

:In the aftermath of the devastating tsunami that hit South East Asia last December, a huge operation to try to identify thousands of victims got underway, with the help of many overseas medical and dental professionals. British dentist Gareth Pearson went to Thailand to try and help in this task and here recounts his experience.

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Br Dent J

journal_title

British dental journal

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Bajaj A

doi

10.1038/sj.bdj.4812255

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-04-23 00:00:00

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504-5

issue

8

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0007-0610

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1476-5373

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4812255

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198

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