Image: Postmortem interval changes (stages of death)

Description: Postmortem interval changes (stages of death). Stages and intervals are approximate, and may be substantially different in individual cases by multiple factors. References Diagram (including temperature, with room temperature as ambient temperature): Takahashi E, Vilay P, Chanthakoummane K, Pongvongsa T, Kounnavong S, Kano S (2021). "Adherence to antihypertensive medications in rural Lao PDR: a prospective observational study.". Trop Med Health 49 (1): 88. DOI:10.1186/s41182-021-00374-4. PMID 34715938. PMC: 8556995. Bone bleaching: Stokes S, Márquez-Grant N, Greenwood C (2020). "Establishing a minimum PMI for bone sun bleaching in a UK environment with a controlled desert-simulated comparison.". Int J Legal Med 134 (6): 2297-2306. DOI:10.1007/s00414-020-02385-y. PMID 32803331. PMC: 7578167. Putrefaction: Dr. Antara DebArma. PAPER No. 14: Forensic Medicine. SGBT Khalsa College, University of Dehli, India. Retrieved on 2022-03-29. Fly eggs, larvae and pupae: Singh H1, Venketasan M, Aggarwal OP, Raj S (2014-06-01). "Use of Maggots for the Estimation of Time Since Death". IndianJournals 14 (1). Corneal clouding: Becker, Ronald (2013) Criminal investigation, Jones & Bartlett Learning ISBN: 978-1-4496-0215-4. OCLC: 650218058. Pallor mortis: Sridevi Ugrappa, Ajay Jain (2021). "An Overview of the Post-Mortem Interval and its Estimation from Dental Tissues". Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology. 14903–14910 Other: Schmoldt A, Benthe HF, Haberland G (1975). "Digitoxin metabolism by rat liver microsomes.". Biochem Pharmacol 24 (17): 1639-41. PMID 10.19080/JFSCI.2018.09.555771 : 10.19080/JFSCI.2018.09.555771. Images used Logarithmic time scale (Public Domain) Stages of livor mortis (CC-BY 4.0 license), by Frerichs, D., Vidler, A. & Gatzidis, C. Rigor mortis (Public Domain) Skull (Public Domain) Hofmann Lehrbuch suidide hanging (Public Domain). Note that livor mortis is fixed in the legs because it was the dependent part. Housefly pupae (Public Domain) Housefly eggs, larvae, pupa and mature fly (CC-BY 3.0 license) by USDA Human scapula with sun bleaching changes (CC-BY 4.0 license), by Stokes, S., Márquez-Grant, N. & Greenwood, C. Postmortem changes of the eye (CC-BY 4.0 license), by Aidan Boyd, Shivangi Yadav, Thomas Swearingen, Andrey Kuehlkamp, Mateusz Trokielewicz, Eric Benjamin, P. Maciejewicz, D. Chute, A. Ross, P. Flynn, K. Bowyer, A. Czajka
Title: Postmortem interval changes (stages of death)
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