Double logarithmic, linear relationship between plasma chloride concentration and time since death in humans in Chandigarh Zone of North-West India

Legal Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-54

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

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

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Double logarithmic relationship; Plasma chloride concentration; Postmortem interval; Time since death

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMED CONSENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 0037351450     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(02)00056-1     Document Type: Article

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