Validation of temperature methods for the estimation of pre-appearance interval in carrion insects

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 50-57

  Matuszewski, Szymon ^a   Mądra Bielewicz, Anna ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Diptera; Forensic entomology; Postmortem interval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARCASS; DIPTERA; LARVAL STAGE; MODEL; PIG; STAPHYLINIDAE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; BEETLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION STUDY; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DIPTERA; ENTOMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; LINEAR MODELS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SWINE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84958052554     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-015-9735-z     Document Type: Article

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