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Forensic science, medicine, and pathology

Year: 2023
Articles in SafetyLit: 61

"Scalping" in the context of criminal dismemberment and mutilation-a case report and review of the literature

A death due to faulty airbag system-case report

A rare case of respiratory failure associated with spinal cord injury caused by stabbing with scissors and a knife

A serial analysis of hydrogen sulfide poisoning: three group accidents

Accidental fatal poisoning in a child due to ingestion of Nerium oleander leaf

An atypical death from Rapunzel syndrome: a case report

An autopsy report with a diagnostic clinical profile on fatal overdose of life-saving iron supplement

Assessing the applicability of cerebrospinal fluid collected from the spinal cord for the determination of ethyl alcohol in post-mortem toxicology

Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) for driving urgently should be lowered to 0.05

Bursting of the upper jaw prosthesis and fractures of the lower jaw as indirect injury pattern caused by a headshot: a case report

Cannibalism-overview and medicolegal issues

Child sexual abuse unmasked due to vaginal foreign body: case review

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)-features and forensic considerations

Commentary on "Pulmonary barotrauma in SCUBA diving-related fatalities: a histological and histomorphometric analysis"

Comparative analysis of the pattern of intimate partner violence against women admitted to a tertiary hospital in Sri Lanka during and after the periods of COVID-19 lockdown

Comparison of all completed suicides in Frankfurt am Main (Hessen) before and during the early COVID-19 pandemic

Correction to: HIV contact notification in sexual assault cases-ethical, legal, and procedural challenges

Death from exsanguination due to power drill injuries in a complex suicide: a case report

Death on New Year's Eve caused by illegal fireworks-a firework shell

Diatoms pass through the gastrointestinal barrier and lead to false-positive: an animal experiment

Differences in patterns of sexual assault among female victims preceding and during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of encounters in an emergency department

Differences in volume, density, electrolyte concentration, and total proteins in the fluid of the paranasal sinuses of freshwater and saltwater drowning victims: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Dimethyl sulfate poisoning in China: a fatal case and a 45-year retrospective study

Fatal poisoning due to aconite: autopsy findings and postmortem quantitative analysis

Fatal violent urogenitoanal injuries penetrated with fish into vagina [letter]

How the forensic multidisciplinary approach can solve a fatal dog pack attack

Identification issues in bodies maimed by train fatalities: the role of the forensic pathologist

Injury distribution and severity in suicidal versus accidental fall from heights: need for a multifactorial consideration [letter]

Letter regarding Ledinek et al.'s "Death from exsanguination due to power drill injuries in a complex suicide"

Methylamphetamine toxicity and its involvement in death: a retrospective observational study of deaths reported to the Victorian Coroner, Australia

More than meets the eye: a scoping review on the non-medical uses of THZ eye drops

Opioid-related deaths in Ontario correctional facilities and penitentiaries (2009-2019)

Penetration performance of protective materials from crossbow attack: a preliminary study

Post-mortem toxicological analysis of cocaine: main biological samples and analytical methods

Postmortem injury evaluation using the Forensic Injury Severity Score Template (FISST): a preliminary study

Postmortem redistribution of drugs: a literature review

Pulmonary barotrauma in SCUBA diving-related fatalities: a histological and histomorphometric analysis

Quid pro quo doctor, I tell you things, you tell me things: ChatGPT's thoughts on a killer

Response to "Scrutinizing the causal link between excited delirium syndrome and restraint - a commentary on: 'The role of restraint in fatal excited delirium: a research synthesis and pooled analysis' by E.M.F. Strömmer, W. Leith, M.P. Zeegers and M.D. Freeman"

Review of patterns in homicides by sharp force: one institution's experience

Shaken adult syndrome due to ocean wave: an autopsy case

Socioeconomic and psychosocial determinants of substance misuse - a national perspective

Suicidal sodium nitrite intoxication: a case report focusing on the postmortem findings and toxicological analyses-review of the literature

Suicide by sharp force associated with major self-mutilation and self-cannibalism

Suicide victims and alcohol-related consumption in Brazil: an observational study and a narrative review of the literature

The "facie sympathique" sign in hanging: historical background, forensic review, and perspectives

The association of Ned Kelly tattoos with suicide and homicide in a forensic context-a confirmatory prospective study

The impact of COVID-19 restrictions on sexual assault in Western Denmark

The last jump: epidemiology of suicides at the Tour Eiffel (Paris) between 1950 and 1989

The need to monitor emerging issues in etomidate usage: the misuse or abuse potential

The role of alcohol and patterns of alcohol-related deaths in Republic of North Macedonia within the period 2007-2020

The role of legal medicine professionals in preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among female victims of sexual assault

The role of pathologists in increasing knowledge of safe sleep practices for infants

The use of dive computers in forensic investigations of fatal breath-hold diving accidents: a case study

The wounding potential of assault rifles: analysis of the dimensions of entrance and exit wounds and comparison with conventional handguns: a multicentric study

Traumatic hemorrhage of the thyroid as a work-related injury: a case report and review of the literature

Two case reports of fatal injuries sustained from tear gas guns loaded with pebbles as missiles

Under-reporting of forensic findings: craniocervical emergency imaging in cases of survived hanging

Value of stomach content in a case of fatal child homicide

Vehicle-assisted ligature decapitation - an unusual case report

Women's sexual abuse: forensic-gynecologic expertise experiences