Estimating the timing of long bone fractures: Correlation between the postmortem interval, bone moisture content, and blunt force trauma fracture characteristics

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1028-1034

  Wieberg, Danielle A M ^a,b   Wescott, Daniel J ^b  

^a Knoxville Police Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Perimortem; Postmortem; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRACTURE; LONG BONE; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAPHONOMY;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; FRACTURES, BONE; LINEAR MODELS; ORGAN SIZE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RAIN; SUS SCROFA; TEMPERATURE; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 50449108350     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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