Linearization of exponential model to estimate time since death from cerebrospinal fluid electrolytes concentration in subjects in Chandigarh zone of India

Medico-Legal Update

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 53-61

  Singh, Dalbir ^a,b   Bandal, Y S ^a   Pandey, Avadh Naresh ^a   Prasad, Prashad ^a   Sharma, Suresh Kumar ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal chloride; Cerebrospinal potassium; Cerebrospinal sodium; Phosphorus; Postmortem chemistry; Postmortem interval; Time since death

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; ELECTROLYTE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; ELECTROLYTE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; TIME OF DEATH; VALIDATION PROCESS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 4344713814     PISSN: 0971720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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