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" Human body decomposition / "
Jarvis Hayman and Marc Oxenham
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BL
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622924
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Hayman, Jarvis
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Human body decomposition /\ Jarvis Hayman and Marc Oxenham
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x, 153 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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9780128036914
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: 0128036915
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Includes bibliographical references
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Supravital reactions in the estimation of the time since death (TSD) -- Algor mortis and temperature-based methods of estimating the time since death -- Biochemical methods of estimating the time since death -- Research in the later stages of decomposition -- Recent research and current trends
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"The fate of the human body after death is a subject that has fascinated enquirers, both in the scientific and legal realms for millennia. However, objective research into the causes and nature of human decomposition has only taken place in the last two centuries, with quantitative measurement of the process as a means of estimating the time of death has only recently being attempted. The substantial literature concerning this research has been published in numerous scientific journals since the beginning of the nineteenth century. Human Body Decomposition expands on the current literature to include the evolving research on estimating time of death. This volume details the process of decomposition to include the early period after death when the body cools to ambient temperature, and when the body begins to putrefy. This process is significant because the estimation of the time of death becomes increasingly more difficult when the body begins to putrefy."--Page 4 of cover
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Human decomposition
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Forensic anthropology
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Death-- Time of
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RA1063.5.H39 2016
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Oxenham, Marc
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