Preliminary quantitative investigation of postmortem adipocere formation

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 609-614

  Yan, F ^a   McNally, R ^a   Kontanis, E J ^a   Sadik, O A ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipocere formation; Chemistry; Forensic science; High performance liquid chromatography; Postmortem interval; Quantitative analysis; Saturation index ratio

Indexed keywords

OLEIC ACID; STEARIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DISTILLATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SWINE; TIME;

EID: 0034984243     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs15012j     Document Type: Article

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