Korean J Aerosp Environ Med.
1997 Dec;7(4):7-15.
Review of the Estimation of Individual Identification in Mass Disaster
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Forensic Pathology, NISI, Korea.
Abstract
- The individual identification of the human remains is not only essential part of forensic medicine, but also of ethical, legal and humanitarian issue in mass disaster with the steady increase in the number of identification cases involving severely fragmented, burned, decomposed or skeletonized remains in mass disasters, identification can not be made with medical and legal means, finger-prints, medical records, or personal recognition. Especially when commingling of multiple remains has occurred, forensic science teams are finding that successful resolution may often depend upon identification systems involving forensic odontology and DNA fingerprinting for various reasons. We have developed special method, skills, a documented database, and theoretical orientations for the analysis of human remains. But we have experienced difficulties because of the absence of identification system and understanding in this scientific specialty, And so we introduce identification methods and process in mass disaster.
