Long persistence of rigor mortis at constant low temperature

Forensic Science International

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-34

  Varetto, Lorenzo ^a   Curto, Ombretta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental temperature; Postmortem interval; Rigor mortis; Time of death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FREEZING; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME OF DEATH; WINTER;

EID: 8444245679     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.03.033     Document Type: Article

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