Estimation of postmortem interval from human pericardial fluid electrolytes concentrations in Chandigarh zone of India: Log transformed linear regression model

Legal Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 279-287

  Singh, Dalbir ^a   Prashad, Rajendra ^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 logarithm; Log transformed linear regression; Pericardial electrolytes concentration; Postmortem interval; Time since death

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; ELECTROLYTE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; INDIA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLASMA; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TIME OF DEATH; TRANSCYTOSIS;

ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PERICARDIUM; POSTMORTEM CHANGES;

EID: 33750528725     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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