... associated with burial decomposition. This research is the first step toward identification of an “odor signature” unique to human decomposition with projected ramifications on cadaver dog training procedures and in the development of field portable analytical instruments which can be used to locate human...

... anthropology, musculoskeletal system, postmortem interval, human skeleton, decay studies, time since death, human decomposition There are few studies on the decomposition rate of the human body [1-4]. 3,4However, nonhuman studies have been conducted on such varied topics as the decay and putrefaction rates...