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Corpse Disposal

Corpse Disposal is a funerary practice that systematically involves the handling and elimination of human remains through culturally prescribed methods such as burial, cremation, or excarnation, distinguishing it from other mortuary activities by its focus on the final disposition of the body.

31

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1.2K

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64

Authors

35

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Funerary DispositionMortuary Disposition

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Publications

31

Follicular dendritic cells control engulfment of apoptotic bodies by secreting Mfge8

Jan Kranich, Nike Julia Kräutler, Ernst Heinen et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 2008 · 177 citations · Full text

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The horse in the city: living machines in the nineteenth century

Choice Reviews Online · 2008 · 154 citations

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Draper acts through the JNK pathway to control synchronous engulfment of dying germline cells by follicular epithelial cells

Jon Iker Etchegaray, Allison K. Timmons, Adam P. Klein et al. · Development · 2012 · 98 citations · Full text

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Blowing in the wind? Identity, materiality, and the destinations of human ashes

David Prendergast, Jenny Hockey, Leonie Kellaher · Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute · 2006 · 66 citations

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Cultures of Death and Politics of Corpse Supply: Anatomy in Vienna, 1848–1914

Tatjana Buklijaš · Bulletin of the history of medicine · 2008 · 66 citations · Full text

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Authors

64

  1. PD
    P. D. G. Skegg

    University of Otago, New Zealand

    2 publications · 22 citations

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  2. AD
    Alison Dundes Renteln

    University of Southern California, United States

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  3. YT
    Yu Togane

    Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  4. GM
    Gino Miele

    Roslin Institute, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 177 citations

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  5. AS
    Anita Schildknecht

    University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland

    1 publications · 177 citations

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Institutions

35

  1. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    190 citations

  2. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  3. Newcastle University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  4. Scripps Research Institute

    San Diego, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    177 citations

  5. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    52 citations

  6. Royal Holloway University of London

    Egham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    38 citations

  7. Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

    Chengdu, China

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    38 citations

  8. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

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Venues

  1. Medicine Science and the Law

    3 publications · 42 citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 176 citations

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  3. ESQ

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  4. Mobilities

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  5. Development

    1 publications · 98 citations

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