Introduction to post mortem change
Gregory McDonald
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, USA
: Forensic Toxicol Pharmacol 2015, 4:4
Abstract
This lecture is designed to introduce the attendees to the changes which occur to a body during the early, middle and late stages of the postmortem interval (PMI). These changes include rigor mortis, livor mortis and algor mortis. Other topics which will be discussed include the role of forensic entomology in determining the time of death and postmortem changes which can mimic antemortem trauma. The roles that temperature and environment play in the process of decomposition will also be discussed.
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