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    Rüdiger Lessig

  2. Medical Faculty, Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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Lessig, R., Rothschild, M. International standards in cases of mass disaster victim identification (DVI). Forensic Sci Med Pathol 8, 197–199 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-011-9272-3

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