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total body score: a standalone construct

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totalbody score1 CONSTRUCTTotal body scoreMEGYESI · FORENSIC TAPHONOMY

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Forensic taphonomy

a points-based score of decomposition across the head, trunk and limbs, used with accumulated degree days to estimate time since death.

In forensic taphonomy, total body score refers to a points-based score of decomposition across the head, trunk and limbs, used with accumulated degree days to estimate time since death. This meaning comes from Megyesi (2005) in Journal of Forensic Sciences.[1]

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References

  1. Megyesi, M., Nawrocki, S., & Haskell, N. (2005). Using Accumulated Degree-Days to Estimate the Postmortem Interval from Decomposed Human Remains. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 50(3), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1520/jfs2004017

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