The potential use of the eye temperature decrease in determining the time of death in the early postmortem period: Studies in pigs

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-164

  Kaliszan, Michał ^a,b   Hauser, Roman ^b   Buczyński, Janusz ^c   Jankowski, Zbigniew ^b   Raczyńska, Krystyna ^b   Kernbach Wighton, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^c POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Forensic pathology; Pig; Plateau of temperature decrease; Temperature of the eye; Time of death

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CADAVER; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; ORBIT; RECTUM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWINE; THERMOMETER; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORBIT; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RECTUM; SWINE; THERMOMETERS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 77953136367     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181d8e2e7     Document Type: Article

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