Estimation of time since death from CSF electrolyte concentration in Bhopal region of central India

Legal Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 309-313

  Yadav, Jayanthi ^a   Deshpande, Aashish ^b   Arora, Arneet ^a   Athawal, B K ^a   Dubey, B P ^a  

^a GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid biochemistry; CSF electrolyte concentration; Post mortem interval; Time since death

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; AUTOPSY; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DURA MATER; FEMALE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; SKULL; TIME OF DEATH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEATH; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LATERAL VENTRICLES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TIME;

EID: 34548392782     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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