while identified corpses were given to their families for burial. Health concerns The debate surrounding mass graves amongst epidemiologists includes whether or not, in a natural disaster, to leave corpses for traditional individual burials, or to bury corpses in mass graves. For example, if an epidemic occurs during winter, flies are less likely to infest corpses, reducing the risk of outbreaks of dysentery, diarrhea, diphtheria, or tetanus, which decreases the urgency to use mass graves. A research published in 2004 indicates that the health risks from dead bodies after natural disasters are relatively limited. See also Chemmani mass graves investigation Crab Island (Lake Champlain) Duffy's Cut Duraiappa stadium mass grave Guba mass grave Maguindanao massacre Mass graves in Chechnya Mass graves in Iraq Mass graves in Slovenia Mirusuvil massacre Plague pit Potter’s field Sooriyakanda mass grave Srebrenica massacre Trench Vukovar massacre References External links Mass Graves of the Indonesian Massacres of 1965–66 Video on the exhumation of a mass grave of World War II German soldiers in Villeneuve-Loubet, southern France, in 2006 Mass Graves of Iraq Article about the effects of mass graves after the 2003 Iran earthquake. General article about mass graves Exhumation of WWII era mass graves of German and Soviet soldiers in Stalingrad Emergency management Cemeteries