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  • Title: A preliminary investigation into postmortem changes in skinfold impedance during the early postmortem period in rats.
    Author: Querido D.
    Journal: Forensic Sci Int; 1998 Sep 28; 96(2-3):107-14. PubMed ID: 9854828.
    Abstract:
    A highly accurate and reproducible technique was used to measure the electrical impedance (1 kHz) of a lateral abdominal skinfold, in each of eight rat cadavers stored at 9.0 +/- 0.7 degrees C, during the early postmortem period. Impedance increased exponentially between 1 and 120 h post mortem. Whether or not similar changes occur during the human postmortem period, and their potential value as a means of objective estimation of postmortem interval (PMI), remains to be established.
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