| Title |
Colour measurements of pallor mortis
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal of Legal Medicine, February 2000
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| DOI | 10.1007/pl00007713 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
A.Th. Schäfer |
| Abstract |
Little interest has yet been focused on the development of postmortem paleness (pallor mortis). Using an opto-electronical colour measurement device, we examined pallor mortis in 126 bodies and compared these findings to the average skin colour of 72 living Caucasian volunteers. It was shown that (a) hairy skin influences the results and any hair must be removed by shaving before colour determination, (b) among the living, there is a skin colour difference between the sexes which disappears after death, (c) postmortem paleness is caused by lack of capillary circulation after death and (d) paleness develops so rapidly after death that it has no or little use in determining time of death. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 26 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 27% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 19% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 8% |
| Researcher | 2 | 8% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 9 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 19% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 15% |
| Chemistry | 3 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 8% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 8% |
| Other | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 9 | 35% |
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