›› 2012, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (4): 287-292.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-5619.2012.04.012

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Latest Progress in Postmortem Interval Estimation

LI ZENG-QIANG1, ZUO WEI-DONG2, ZHANG FU3, LI DONG-RI3, WANG HUI-JUN3   

  1. 1. Liwan Branch of Guangzhou Public Security Bureau, Guangzhou 510140, China; 2. Fusha Branch of Zhongshan Public Security Bureau, Zhongshan 528434, China; 3. Department of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
  • Online:2012-08-25 Published:2012-08-28

Abstract: Accurate estimation of the postmortem interval(PMI) has been one of the most important and complicated issues in the forensic practice. In order to provide novel perspectives for the future research concerning PMI, the advantages and disadvantages of related traditional methods, postmortem degradation of nucleic acid and tissue, the componential change of vitreous humor and histological biochemistry since 2002 have been introduced and compared in this review.

Key words: forensic pathology, postmortem interval, review[publication type]

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