Estimation of postmortem interval in rat liver and spleen using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-116

  Huang, Ping ^a   Tian, Weiping ^a   Tuo, Ya ^a   Wang, Zhenyuan ^a   Yang, Guangde ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Liver; Postmortem interval; Spleen

Indexed keywords

EID: 61649083551     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387010802375362     Document Type: Article

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