Temperature-correction of abdominal impedance: Improved relationship between impedance and postmortem interval

Forensic Science International

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-50

  Querido, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Impedance; Postmortem interval; Resistance; Temperature; Time since death

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; IMPEDANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 0034000460     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00217-0     Document Type: Article

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