Estimation of time since death from electrolyte, glucose and calcium analysis of postmortem vitreous humour in semi-arid climate

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 158-166

  Siddamsetty, Arun Kumar ^a   Verma, Satish K ^a   Kohli, Anil ^a   Puri, Dinesh ^a   Singh, Archana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

electrolyte levels; postmortem vitreous humour; semi arid climate; Time since death

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE;

CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; TIME; VITREOUS BODY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCIUM; CLIMATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; TIME FACTORS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84905686526     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0025802413506424     Document Type: Article

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