Vitreous Humor Chemistry: The Use of Potassium Concentration for the Prediction of the Postmortem Interval
- 1 March 1987
- journal article
- Published by ASTM International in Journal of Forensic Sciences
- Vol. 32 (2) , 503-509
- https://doi.org/10.1520/jfs11152j
Abstract
Upon review of the literature, extensive disagreement was found as to the usefulness of vitreous humor potassium concentration as a predictor of the postmortem interval (PMI). A pilot study of 1427 cases was performed to address this problem. The requisitKeywords
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