How some medicolegal aspects of the Zeebrugge Ferry disaster apply to the investigation of mass disasters.
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The capsizing of a British Channel ferry as it left Zeebrugge, Belgium's harbor, on the 6th of March, 1987, resulted in an all-out effort by Belgian and British authorities to identify the victims as well as to determine the medicolegal ramifications. This report describes the investigation and the lessons learned from it.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology
دوره 12 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1991