Citation

Pathak PR. J. Indian Med. Assoc. 2002; 100(12): 700-702.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine, RMC Loni 413736.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Indian Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12793633

Abstract

Importance of determination of time since death is very important for the investigating agencies, autopsy surgeons and legal authorities in criminal cases or when a foul play is suspected behind a death. There are many variabilities and probabilities in determination process but the following points are to be read and analysed carefully so that it can be easier to ascertain the time since death: History and circumstances of death; somatic and molecular signs of death; emptying time of stomach and state of digestion of food in the stomach; biochemical investigations, etc. The individual points are narrated in a nutshell in this article.

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