Energy loss due to radiation in postmortem cooling: Part B: Energy balance with respect to radiation

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 233-240

  Mall, G ^a   Hubig, M ^b   Beier, G ^a   Buttner A ^a   Eisenmenger, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conduction; Convection; Postmortem cooling; Radiation; Supravital activity; Thermal energy; Time since death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CADAVER; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE AREA; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RADIATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033018160     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050242     Document Type: Article

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