@article{ref1,
title="Rectal temperature time of death nomogram: sudden change of ambient temperature",
journal="Forensic science international",
year="1999",
author="Althaus, L. and Henssge, C.",
volume="99",
number="3",
pages="171-178",
abstract="Cooling experiments on dummies known as body-like cooling were performed with sudden decrease and increase of ambient temperature in the order of 15 degrees C. In the case of a sudden decrease of ambient temperature, a second 'temperature plateau' occurs which is shorter than the known plateau at the beginning of body cooling. The cooling curves can be described mathematically by a three-step procedure based on the two-exponential term of the 'nomogram method'. The second plateau at the beginning of the second cooling phase in sudden decreased ambient temperature requires a lower value of the constant A (1.15) compared with the known value (1.25) at the beginning of body cooling. In the case of a sudden increase of ambient temperature in the order of 15 degrees C no procedure could be found to model the cooling curves mathematically.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0379-0738",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}