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:The diagnosis of death as a result of starvation is established on anthropological measurements, visual appearance of the deceased on external and internal examination, microscopic analysis, laboratory testing, and exclusion of other causes of death. Herein, we present our findings on a case of 95-year-old man who died of starvation. After the diagnosis of starvation was established by traditional forensic medicine methods, we have conducted retrospective segmental analysis of stable carbon (δ13 C) and nitrogen (δ15 N) isotope ratios in hair sample. This method reveals periods of starvation through decrease in δ13 C and increase in δ15 N along the strand of hair. Our analysis revealed the decrease of 0.6 ‰ in δ13 C during the last 10-12 weeks prior to death, similar as reported in other investigations. Also, a decrease of 0.7 ‰ in δ15 N during the last 8-10 weeks prior to death was determined that was different than observed in previous studies.
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J Forensic Scijournal_title
Journal of forensic sciencesauthors
Baković M,Vreča P,Mayer Ddoi
10.1111/1556-4029.13244subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-01-01 00:00:00pages
258-264issue
1eissn
0022-1198issn
1556-4029journal_volume
62pub_type
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journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences
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journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences
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journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences
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journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences
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更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00
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