A mathematical model applied for assisting the estimation of PMI in a case of forensic importance. First record of Conicera similis (Diptera: Phoridae) in a corpse

Forensic Science International

Volumn 231, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages

  Garcia Rojo A M ^a   Martinez Sanchez A ^b   Lopez R ^c   Garcia de la Vega J M ^c   Rica, M ^a   Gonzalez M ^a   Disney, R H L ^d  

^a DNA Laboratory   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CALLIPHORIDAE; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; CONICERA SIMILIS; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIPTERA; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FANNIIDAE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HEAT EXCHANGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSECT; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT SUCCESSION; LARVA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCIDAE; PIOPHILIDAE; POST MORTEM INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPHAGIDAE; SKELETON; SPAIN; TANK;

CISTERN; CONICERA SIMILIS; DARKNESS; INSECT SUCCESSION; POST-MORTEM INTERVAL; PREDICTIVE MODEL OF TEMPERATURES;

ANIMALS; CONFINED SPACES; DARKNESS; DIPTERA; ENTOMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; LARVA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OVIPOSITION; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PUPA; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84880809691     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.05.038     Document Type: Article

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