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Encyclopedia > Post mortem interval

Post mortem interval (PMI) is the time that has elapsed since a person has died. If the time in question is not known, a number of medical/scientific techniques are used to determine it.


Some of the methods used to determine PMI are as follows:


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Forensic Pathology Section : University of Leicester (1398 words)
A study of the effect of body temperature at the moment of death on the postmortem brain, liver and rectal cooling in 117 forensic cases Forensic Science International 2002; 125: 231-236.
Post-mortem interval by microwave thermography; Conference on Uses of Forensic Sciences, April 1986, Glasgow.
New approach for the estimation of the post-mortem interval, Postgraduate Course for the Diploma of Forensic Medicine, Glasgow.
AcademicDB - Medico-legal Problems of establishing the Time of Death (280 words)
A recurring problem in forensic medicine is the need to fix the time of death within the limits of probability, the longer the interval of time between death and the examination of the body, the wider will be the limits of probability.
The longer the post mortem interval, the more likely it is that associated or environmental evidence will furnish more reliable data on which to estimate the time of death than will anatomical changes.
The post mortem interval (the time elapsed from death until discovery and medical examination of the body) may be preceded by a significant survival period (the time...
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