Time of death dependent criteria in vitreous humor-Accuracy of estimating the time since death

Forensic Science International

Volumn 164, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 87-92

  Madea, Burkhard ^a   Rödig, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Death time; Potassium; Regression analysis; Vitreous humor

Indexed keywords

CADAVER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME OF DEATH; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 33750522471     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2005.12.002     Document Type: Review

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