Effects of different types of soil on decomposition: an experimental study.

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  2013

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  Legal Medicine

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  2013-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.legalmed.2012.11.003PMID 23312864
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