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post-mortem interval [1 record]

Record 1 2013-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Emergency Management
DEF

... time from when death occurs until the body is discovered ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Gestion des urgences
CONT

L’une des missions les plus fréquentes pour le médecin légiste chargé d’examiner un cadavre consiste à se prononcer sur le délai post mortem, c’est-à-dire sur le délai écoulé entre la survenue de la mort et le moment de l’examen.

Spanish

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