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Postmortem Changes and Time of Death

  • Prahlow J
Humana Press, (2010), 163-184
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-404-9_8
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Abstract

This chapter provides detailed discussion of postmortem changes, including the classic signs of death, livor mortis and rigor mortis, as well as other early postmortem changes. The chapter also discusses issues related to estimating the time of death (postmortem interval), changes encountered in the decomposition process, and postmortem injuries.

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Prahlow, J. (2010). Postmortem Changes and Time of Death. In Forensic Pathology for Police, Death Investigators, Attorneys, and Forensic Scientists (pp. 163–184). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-404-9_8

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