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01-12-2013 | Letter to the Editor

Henssge nomogram typesetting error

Authors: Elsie Burger, Johan Dempers, Stef Steiner, Richard Shepherd

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 4/2013

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The Henssge nomogram technique for estimation of post mortem interval (PMI) utilizing body cooling is used worldwide by forensic pathologists (FPs) who may photocopy the nomogram from a popular source such as the textbook Knight’s Forensic Pathology [1, 2] to calculate the PMI. The relationship of the components of the nomogram to each other is crucial for accurate calculations. Any alteration from the exact spatial layout will result in significant error. …

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Henssge C, Knight B, Krompecher T, et al. The estimation of the time since death in the early postmortem period. 2nd ed. London: Arnold; 2002.

Henssge C. Death time estimation in case work—I. The rectal temperature time of death nomogram. Forensic Sci Int. 1988;38:209–36. Nomogram available online at http://www.rechtsmedizin.uni-bonn.de/dienstleistungen/for_Med/todeszeit.pdf. Accessed 11 June 2013.

Schweitzer W. Mathematical application of Estimation of time of death, method of Henssge. http://www.swisswuff.ch/calculators/tmob.php. Accessed 11 June 2013.

Title: Henssge nomogram typesetting error
Authors: Elsie Burger
Johan Dempers
Stef Steiner
Richard Shepherd
Publication date: 01-12-2013
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 4/2013
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-013-9488-5

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