The use of absolute refractory period in the estimation of early postmortem interval

Forensic Science International

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 163-170

  McDowall, K L ^a   Lenihan, D V ^a   Busuttil, A ^a   Glasby, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absolute refractory period; Postmortem interval; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; RIGOR; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 0031906006     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(97)00191-6     Document Type: Article

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