Forensic science international
Technical note MD-VF-Auto SEM: A method of the forensic diatom test that may help end the longstanding "war-on-diatoms".
Sunlin Hu, Liang Chen, Jie Ma, Liguang Li, Yang Ming, Jingjie Wu, Yang Liu, Siyun Guo, Yuchi Zhou
Published: 202510.1016/j.forsciint.2025.112803
Abstract
The diatom test has been a classical test for drowning diagnosis for over a century. While it is often regarded in literature as a reliable method-even a golden standard-its validity remains a subject of ongoing controversy. This paper emphasized tha…
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