abstract：:Intentional self-poisoning that is widely used all over the world is one of the most common methods of suicide. This study aim was to determine the rate of attempted intentional self-poisoning and to identify high risk persons in the west of Iran (Kermanshah). A total of 3138 people (1279 M and 1859 F) studied. The av...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Najafi F,Beiki O,Ahmadijouybari T,Amini S,Moradinazar M,Hatemi M,Moradi M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the research was to evaluate gynecological evidence collection techniques; the benefit of cervical canal brush sample compared to vaginal fornix and cervical swab samples and the time frame for detecting Y-chromosomal material QiAmp DNA Mini Kit(®) and Quantifiler Y Human Male DNA Quantification Kit(®) ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Joki-Erkkilä M,Tuomisto S,Seppänen M,Huhtala H,Ahola A,Rainio J,Karhunen PJ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study uses statistical techniques to evaluate reports on suicide scenes; it utilizes 80 reports from different locations in Brazil, randomly collected from both federal and state jurisdictions. We aimed to assess a heterogeneous group of cases in order to obtain an overall perspective of the problem. We evaluated...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Bruni AT,Velho JA,Ferreira AS,Tasso MJ,Ferrari RS,Yoshida RL,Dias MS,Leite VB

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The University of Porto (UP) provides education in Forensic Medicine (FM) through the 1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle of studies, post-graduation and continuing education courses. This education is related to forensic pathology, clinical forensic medicine (including forensic psychology and psychiatry), forensic chemistry and t...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Magalhães T,Dinis-Oliveira RJ,Santos A

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical examinations are dependent on combining communication with professional competence. In the development of a global multicultural community with the use of multiple languages, doctors have become increasingly dependent on language facilitation such as interpreting and translation. Despite professional studies, ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Schreiber JR,Odell MS

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All available studies addressing the clinical and legal aspects of child pornography have systematically concerned male abusers. The social lens through which women are viewed tends to play down their responsibility in the sexual abuse of children. Unlike men, women rarely abuse children outside the close or family ci...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Prat S,Bertsch I,Chudzik L,Réveillère Ch

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:Previous studies have shown that the collo-diaphysial angle varies by race and sex in different populations. This study was performed to compare the femoral head parameters in the two sexes using pelvic radiography in Iranian adults during the August 2011 to August 2012 period. MATERIALS AND METHODS...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Mitra A,Khadijeh B,Vida AP,Ali RN,Farzaneh M,Maryam VF,Vahid Y

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present a singular case of an iatrogenic right vertebral artery injury, involving a 67 year-old man, who reported a type II odontoid fracture (Anderson and D'Alonzo Classification) and posterior atlantoaxial dislocation following a road traffic accident. A small injury involving the right vertebral artery ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Scalici E,Indorato F,Portelli F,Savì T,Maresi E,Busardò FP

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A man, who had a medical history of surgical neck clipping 30 years previously, died of traffic accident. The medico-legal autopsy showed subarachnoid hemorrhage and ruptured aneurysm on the lateral side of the clip. Microscopic examination showed the aneurysm was not to be regeneration, but a new de novo aneurysm. We...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Yamada A,Unuma K,Kojima H,Uemura K

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rodent model was used to evaluate the association between hypothermia and basal vacuolization in renal tubular epithelial cells. 28 Sprague Dawley rats were anaesthetized in non-stressful conditions and placed two at a time into a cooling chamber. Body core temperatures dropped to a minimum of 7-10 °C, causing death...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Zhou C,Bright F,Winskog C,Yool AJ,Byard RW

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These days we have fast paced traffic on our roads to help us keep up with our fast paced life. But every boon has a down side and our high velocity traffic is no exception. Here is a case report of a blunt abdominal injury following a road traffic accident. Externally the deceased had only a few grazed abrasions on t...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Janardhanan J,Tarvadi PV,Manipady S,Shetty M,Somashekar C

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 19 year old male was admitted to a tertiary care centre in Sri Lanka, with a history of snake bite while sleeping at night. A killed specimen of a snake was brought with the patient. It had been identified as a non-venomous snake by the doctor and handed over to relatives, with a comment to that effect. Patient had ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Silva A,Gamlaksha D,Waidyaratne D

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To characterize discrepancies between the causes of death as determined by the clinician and autopsy findings in patients admitted with stroke, we retrospectively reviewed all autopsies on patients died with a diagnosis of stroke. Fifty-eight patients with a diagnosis of stroke died after admission to our tertiary med...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Hinduja A,Gupta H,Dye D

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A young woman's death at home was attributed to new onset diabetic ketoacidosis with subsequent litigation supported by several expert consultants, despite a history and postmortem findings inconsistent with this diagnosis. More thorough tissue study of the heart and analysis of the circumstances led to a credible exp...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Rosenbloom AL

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an important cause of women's health and socio-familial severe problems, the most extreme being the victims' homicide. This is the first nationwide Portuguese autopsy-based and judicial-proven study about female intimate partner homicide. At least 62 women over 15 years old were kill...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Pereira AR,Vieira DN,Magalhães T

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automatism is a rarely used defence, but it is particularly used for driving offences because many are strict liability offences. Medical evidence is almost always crucial to argue the defence, and it is important to understand the bars that limit the use of automatism so that the important medical issues can be ident...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Rumbold J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of Demirjian's four dental development methods for forensic age assessment in a South Australian population. The sample comprised orthopantomograms (OPGs) of 408 sub-adult individuals (211 male; 197 female) with an age range of 4.9-14.5 years. The OPGs were obtained fr...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Flood SJ,Franklin D,Turlach BA,McGeachie J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 86-year-old woman was found dead lying on her back on the floor of an unkempt kitchen. She had last been seen four days before. Her dress was pulled up and she was not wearing underpants. The house was noted to be in "disarray" with papers covering most surfaces and the floor. Rubbish was piled up against one of th...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Bright F,Gilbert JD,Winskog C,Byard RW

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antioxidant properties of the black and green tea are well known. The latent bloodstains are detectable by luminol. The bloodstains also can be cover up by drinks and foods containing the antioxidants; thus their presence can cause a decrease of the luminol light emission (false-negative results). The aim of this ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Bancirova M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a fatal case of streptococcal and meningococcal meningitis in a previously healthy 2-year-old child, a simultaneous co-infection of both pathogens that is poorly reported in the reviewed literature. The lack of a clinical diagnosis in addition to the medico-legal aspects arising from possible professional li...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Ventura F,Bonsignore A,Portunato F,Orcioni GF,Varnier OE,De Stefano F

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Inconsistencies abound in the current forensic literature regarding the definition, and as a result, the significance of female genital injury after sexual intercourse. These definitions are based on variables related to the anatomic locations that are examined, the actual physical findings types, and the ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Kelly DL,Larkin HJ,Cosby CD,Paolinetti LA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to describe toxicological findings among women seeking health care after sexual assault, and to assess the relationship with so-called proactive DFSA (drug facilitated sexual assault). We also explored associations between ethanol in blood/urine and background data, assault characteristics...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Hagemann CT,Helland A,Spigset O,Espnes KA,Ormstad K,Schei B

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Estimation of age of an individual can be performed by evaluating the pattern of dental development. A dataset for age estimation based on the dental maturity of a French-Canadian population was published over 35 years ago and has become the most widely accepted dataset. The applicability of this dataset has...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Jayaraman J,Wong HM,King NM,Roberts GJ

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although several studies have recently assessed sex differences in fingerprint ridge density and its variability in human populations from different origins, such a study has not been carried out yet in the Amerindian population. The goal of this study was to determine the topological and sexual differences in fingerp...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Gutiérrez-Redomero E,Sánchez-Andrés A,Rivaldería N,Alonso-Rodríguez C,Dipierri JE,Martín LM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research assesses how weather conditions, such as temperature and rainfall, affect the fragmentation of burnt bone. The recovery of human remains from fatal fire scenes is often hampered by the fragmentary nature of the material, and through understanding how weather factors affect this fragmentation, it may be p...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Waterhouse K

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report for the first time the lack of therapeutic effects after the switch from a brand formulation of allopurinol to a generic one. A 56-year-old man, with a 5 years history of well-treated gout arthropathy with allopurinol (Zyloric(®) 300 mg/die), developed acute gout arthropathy after the switch from the brand f...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： De Vuono A,Scicchitano F,Palleria C,Russo E,De Sarro G,Gallelli L

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the problems faced by forensic physicians assessing overweight victim/survivors of sexual assault, using sample cases and reviewing the literature. This under-researched area is a minefield of practical difficulties and unanswered questions, with the need for solutions becoming more pressing as ove...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Kramer K

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study an attempt has been made to establish standards for sex determination from the various direct and indirect measurements of the cranium. A total of 100 cranium (50 of either sex) were measured for nine direct measurements pertaining to Mastoid triangle and Opisthion-Bimastoid triangle. These measur...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Jain D,Jasuja OP,Nath S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thorough investigation of deaths related to police actions or of persons placed under the 'care' of governmental authorities is anchored in the legal systems of every democratic system. The quality of this investigation should be guarded by an adequate set of control measures. Recently the Dutch Ombudsman published a ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Kubat B,Duijst W,van de Langkruis R,Thoonen E

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A complaint by a customer to a food company claimed that the consumption of a chocolate candy fractured his anterior teeth, due to its hard consistency. Fragments of the fractured teeth and the chocolate candy that supposedly caused it were collected, examined and photographed. Fragments presented caries, large restor...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Melani RF,Turbino ML,Ramos DL,Bombana AC,Dias PE

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kissed (1996) is a serious film that portrays the disturbing and taboo issue of necrophilia in a delicate and viewer friendly way. Being a rare paraphilia, it may sometimes be difficult to get necrophilia related literature or even understand this complex behavior. An interested person may have to rely on the few case...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Kalra GS

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic cataract is due to lens damage when mechanical, irradiative, electrical or chemical agents injury the globe. The appearance of a traumatic cataract is typically short and unilateral with rare spontaneous resolution and often involves other ocular anatomical areas. Medico-legal evaluation of the appearance an...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Moreschi C,Da Broi U,Lanzetta P

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mummification is a peculiar transformative process consisting of the total drying of the body soft tissues. It is produced, in particular conditions, between 6 and 12 months after death. "Precocious" mummification has been reported in countries where recorded weather conditions are more extreme than in Italy, in a con...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Marella GL,Perfetti E,Manciocchi S,Arcudi G

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of hand bones length have been shown to be sexually dimorphic in many nationalities. The aim of this study is to assess the accuracy of sex determination from the length of all metacarpals and phalanges of right and left hands using X-ray radiographs and to develop a discriminant formula that can be used ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： El Morsi DA,Al Hawary AA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All medico-legal cases investigated by the Nebraska Institute of Forensic Sciences, Inc. in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, between 2003 and 2009, were reviewed for deaths which occurred in custody (n = 38). The causes of death, in ranked order, were natural causes 37% (14/38), followed by homicide 21% (8/38), accident 21% (8...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Okoye CN,Okoye MI,Lynch DT

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the investigation of sexual assault, penile swabs from an alleged perpetrator are processed as part of the routine procedure. The results of the forensic DNA analysis may subsequently be presented in court. Documentation on the expectancy of finding female cells on post-coital penile swabs is scarce. Reviews fr...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Farmen RK,Haukeli I,Ruoff P,Frøyland ES

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE REPORT:A 26-year-old man, after a drinking binge, drove into a tram building site and collided with a track-grinding machine which left a fist-size hole in his windscreen. He then hit a construction worker who was catapulted onto the car roof. The worker held on to the antenna and the windscreen hole, while the ca...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Heide S,Stiller D,Kleiber M,Bluemke K

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the medical records of the 118 adolescent detainees which had at least one consultation by a psychiatrist at the prison health facility during 2007. General practitioners used the International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC-2) for recording health problems. Psychiatrists used the International Class...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Gisin D,Haller DM,Cerutti B,Wolff H,Bertrand D,Sebo P,Heller P,Niveau G,Eytan A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of commingled mutilated remains is a challenge to forensic experts and hence, a need of studies on estimation of stature from various body parts in different population groups. Such studies can help in narrowing down the pool of possible victim matches in cases of identification from dismembered rem...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Krishan K,Kanchan T,Asha N

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female circumcision is a frank picture of female child abuse that is practised widely in many countries especially in Africa. This procedure is considered a fundamental violation of human rights. The procedure is expected to be declining in Egypt in response to the recent medicolegal litigation in 2007. The aim of thi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic and legal medicine

authors： Zayed AA,Ali AA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00