The elusive universal post-mortem interval formula.

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Forensic Science International

• Publication date

  2011-01-30

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.04.052PMID 20554133
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