Re-oxygenation of haemoglobin in livores after post-mortem exposure to a cold environment

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-96

  Bohnert, Michael ^a   Schulz, Katharina ^a   Belenkaia, Lioudmila ^a   Liehr, Andreas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Livor mortis; Oxygen saturation; Post mortem exposure to a cold environment; Skin model; Spectrometry

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; FREEZING; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOXYGENATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COLD; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OXYGEN; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38649093969     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-007-0162-x     Document Type: Article

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