Re-oxygenation of post-mortem lividity by passive diffusion through the skin at low temperature

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 333-335

  Watchman, Hannah ^a   Walker, G Stewart ^a   Randeberg, Lise L ^b   Langlois, Neil E I ^c,d  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal; Cold temperature; Livor mortis; Post mortem changes; Spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CADAVER; CHEMISTRY; COLD; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; METABOLISM; RAT; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; COLD TEMPERATURE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEMOGLOBINS; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 80053327851     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-011-9244-7     Document Type: Article

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