Flexible regression models for estimating postmortem interval (PMI) in forensic medicine

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 5026-5038

  Barús, José Ignacio Muñoz ^a   Febrero Bande, Manuel ^a   Cadarso Suárez, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Generalized additive models; Postmortem interval; Support vector machines

Indexed keywords

HYPOXANTHINE; POTASSIUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FORENSIC MEDICINE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; TIME; VITREOUS BODY; CADAVER; HUMAN; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

AUTOPSY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 59849099943     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: 10970258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.3319     Document Type: Article

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