Editing Algor mortis (section)

==Variability==
Generally, temperature change is considered an inaccurate means of determining time of death, as the rate of change is affected by several key factors, including:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.crimewatchcanada.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79:changes-to-a-body-after-death&catid=41:january-february-2010-issue-76&Itemid=53 |title=Changes to a Body after Death |access-date=2013-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908062826/http://www.crimewatchcanada.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=79:changes-to-a-body-after-death&catid=41:january-february-2010-issue-76&Itemid=53 |archive-date=2018-09-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Stability or fluctuation of the ambient temperature.
* The thickness (i.e. [[thermal insulation]] value) and body coverage of clothing or similar materials.
* The [[thermal conductivity]] of the surface on which a body lies.
* Diseases or drugs which increase body temperature and thereby raise the starting temperature of the corpse at the time of death
* The existence of a "temperature plateau",<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kaliszan|first=M.|title=Verification of the exponential model of body temperature decrease after death in pigs|journal=Experimental Physiology|date=20 May 2005|volume=90|issue=5|pages=727–738|doi=10.1113/expphysiol.2005.030551 |pmid=15944204|s2cid=22096083}}</ref> a highly variable length of time in which the body does not cool.