Prehosp Disaster Med. 2005 Nov-Dec;20(6):455-8.

Panel 2.16: forensic aspects of disaster fatality management.

Tun K, Butcher B, Sribanditmongkol P, Brondolo T, Caragine T, Perera C, Kent K.

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World Health Organization (WHO), Sri Lanka.

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This is a summary of the presentations and discussion of Panel 2.16, Forensic Aspects of Disaster Fatality Management of the Conference, Health Aspects of the Tsunami Disaster in Asia, convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Phuket, Thailand, 04-06 May 2005. The topics discussed included issues related to forensic aspects that pertain to the responses to the deaths created by the Earthquake and Tsunami. It is presented in the following major sections: (1) overview of victim identification; (2) resource factors in mass-fatality management; (3) mass-fatality management in protecting public health; and (4) reasons to use deoyxribose nucleic acid (DNA) to identify the deceased.

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