Estimation of short-term postmortem interval utilizing core body temperature: A new algorithm

Forensic Science International

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-38

  Nelson, Eric L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling body; Exponential; Newton; Temperature artifact; Temperature based postmortem interval estimation; Time of death

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; CRIME; ERROR; FORENSIC MEDICINE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 0033997117     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00216-9     Document Type: Article

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