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01-09-2014 | Images in Forensics

Could the Shroud of Turin be an effect of post-mortem changes?

Authors: Lucia Tattoli, Michael Tsokos, Claas Buschmann

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 3/2014

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A 71-year-old man was found dead in his locked apartment in a prone position on the floor of the hallway. The putrefied body was lying with the right side of his face on the floor. The upper limbs were both flexed at the elbows: the right one was underneath the chest, the left one was lying on the ground. The decedent was wearing underwear and socks. …

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Title: Could the Shroud of Turin be an effect of post-mortem changes?
Authors: Lucia Tattoli
Michael Tsokos
Claas Buschmann
Publication date: 01-09-2014
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 3/2014
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-014-9547-6

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