Study of vitreous potassium correlation with time since death in the postmortem range from 2 to 110 hours using capillary ion analysis

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Bortolotti, Federica ^a   Pascali, Jennifer P ^a   Davis, Gregory G ^b   Smith, Frederick P ^c   Brissie, Robert M ^b   Tagliaro, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHILD; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; VITREOUS BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; POTASSIUM; TIME FACTORS; VITREOUS BODY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856159787     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/msl.2010.010063     Document Type: Article

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