Elevated body core temperature in medico-legal investigation of violent death

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-158

  Demierre, Nadine ^a,c   Wyler, Daniel ^b   Zollinger, Ulrich ^a   Bolliger, Stefan ^a   Plattner, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hyperthermia; Rectal temperature; Time of death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEATH; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG INTOXICATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INFECTION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS; ASPHYXIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN INJURIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEVER; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NEOPLASMS; POISONING; RECTUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE;

EID: 67849116615     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e31819a04a6     Document Type: Article

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