Cooling rates of the ear and brain in pig heads submerged in water: Implications for postmortem interval estimation of cadavers found in still water

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-85

  Baccino, Eric ^a   Cattaneo, Cristina ^a,b   Jouineau, Christine ^a   Poudoulec, Joel ^a   Martrille, Laurent ^a  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral temperature; Pigs; Postmortem interval; Tympanic temperature; Water

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AIR; AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DROWNING; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SWINE; THERMOSTABILITY; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; EARDRUM; FORENSIC MEDICINE; IMMERSION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

AIR; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; FORENSIC MEDICINE; IMMERSION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 34147153279     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000233529.50779.08     Document Type: Article

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