Minimum PMI
Definition
A supported lower bound on elapsed postmortem time, conditional on the biological and case assumptions. It does not identify the earliest possible date of that event. An insect-based bound on time since death requires supported association and postmortem colonisation.
- Context
- Conditional timing bounds
For example, pre-death wound infestation can make larval age longer than time after death, defeating an unconditional minimum-PMI interpretation.
Pre-death myiasis, model error and later development can invalidate a blanket conservative-minimum claim.
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