Linearization of the relationship between serum sodium, potassium concentration, their ratio and time since death in Chandigarh zone of north-west India

Forensic Science International

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-7

  Singh, Dalbir ^a   Prashad, Rajinder ^b   Parkash, Chandra ^a   Bansal, Yogender S ^a   Sharma, Suresh Kumar ^c   Pandey, Avadh Naresh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b PGIMsER   (India)

^c PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Postmortem interval; Potassium; Serum sodium; Sodium potassium ratio; Time since death

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037027517     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00267-0     Document Type: Article

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