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Double logarithmic, linear relationship between plasma chloride concentration and time since death in humans in Chandigarh Zone of North-West India

  • Dalbir Singh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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  • Rajinder Prashad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education, and Research, Chandigarh, India
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  • Chandra Parkash

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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  • Suresh Kumar Sharma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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  • Avadh Naresh Pandey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India

Received 22 February 2002 ,Revised 30 May 2002 ,Accepted 1 August 2002.

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Legal Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 49-54 , March 2003