Concentration changes of potassium and hypoxanthine in vitreous humor of swine and its application to postmortem interval estimation

Journal of Forensic Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Fang, Chao ^a   Wang, Song Cai ^b   Sun, Li Min ^b   Zhang, Xiao Ting ^b   Long, Wei Qing ^c   Jing, Hua Lan ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangzhou Criminal Science and Technology Institute   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Forensic pathology; Hypoxanthine; Postmortem interval; Potassium; Swine; Vitreous humor

Indexed keywords

HYPOXANTHINE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HYPOXANTHINE; MALE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; POTASSIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SODIUM; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 79956261474     PISSN: 10045619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-5619.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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