Experimental forensic and bioanthropological aspects of soft tissue taphonomy: 1. Factors influencing postmortem tissue desiccation rate

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 893-896

  Aturaliya, Saras ^a   Lukasewycz, Anya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body position; Clothing effect; Forensic science; Mummification; Taphonomy; Water loss

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY WATER; CADAVER; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; SKIN SURFACE; SOFT TISSUE; TIME OF DEATH; TISSUE DEGENERATION; WATER LOSS;

EID: 0032850474     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs12011j     Document Type: Article

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