Forensic pathology

There was no association between formaldehyde exposure and lung cancer in a case-referral study among Danish physicians working in departments of pathology, forensic medicine, and anatomy (21). 

Lionel P. Raymon, Pharm.D., Ph.D. Department of Pathology Forensic Toxicology Laboratory University of Miami School of Medicine Miami, FL... 

Department of Pathology/Forensic Toxicology University of Miami Miami, FL... 

Forensic Pathology. A subspecialty of anatomic pathology, forensic pathology focuses on investigating cases of sudden or unexpected death. Forensic pathologists perform autopsies to identify the cause of death and examine tissues and body fluids to reconstruct how the death occurred. This type of pathologist may be required to visit crime scenes or help law enforcement personnel in other ways. 

Delage C, Irey NS Anaphylactic deaths a clinico- 19 pathologic study of 43 cases. J Forensic Med 1972 17 525. 

Brockow K. Vieluf D. Puschel K. Grosch J. Ring J Increased postmortem serum mast cell tryptase in a fatal anaphylactoid reaction to nonionic radiocontrast medium. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1999 104 237-238. Delage C, Irey HC Anaphylactic deaths a clinico-pathologic study of 43 cases. J Forensic Sci 1972 17 525. 

One of the most accomplished forensic pathologists in the world, Dr. Steven B. Karch is a fellow of several forensic and toxicological societies and has served many years as consultant to both the legal community and the pharmaceutical industry. He has authored several books including one of the most widely used textbooks in the field, Pathology of Drug Abuse, now in its fourth edition, and A Brief History of Cocaine, now in its second edition (also available through CRC Press). 

Dr. Karch is forensic science editor for Humana Press, and he serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Cardiovascular Toxicology, the Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine (London), Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology, and Clarke s Analysis of Drugs and Poisons. 

Stein AA, Kirwan WE Chloroacetophenone (tear gas) poisoning Clinico-pathological report. 7 Forensic Sci 9 374—382, 1964... 

Source The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology Official Pubhcation of the National Association of Medical Examiners. 

Karch, Steven B. Karch s Pathology of Drug Abuse. 4th edition. Boca Raton CRC Press, 2009. This comprehensive volume contains much technical information for toxicologists, forensic scientists, and pathologists. However, it also contains some sections on the history and epidemiology of... 

Weider, B. and Fournier, J.H. (1999) Activation analyses of authenticated hairs of Napoleon bonaparte confirm arsenic poisoning. The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 20(4), 378-82. 

Di Maio, D. J. and Di Maio V. J. M. (2001). Forensic Pathology Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigation, 2d ed. Boca Raton, FL CRC Press. 

The presence of soft-tissue or skeletal remains in a burial environment allows for an estimation of postmortem interval using a number of techniques employed in various forensic disciplines. By the time of deposition, the methodologies of forensic pathology are generally redundant however,... 

III. 1 Day-1 Week Gross decomposition (autolysis, putrefaction) Forensic Pathology, Taphonomy, Ecology... 

The aim of this chapter was to review the techniques and methods currently available to forensic investigators that can potentially estimate postmortem interval or postburial interval. The estimation of time of death or deposition is one of the most important factors that forensic experts are regularly asked to determine. Although numerous methods are available in the early postmortem period (i.e., forensic pathology), once the remains become decomposed the determination of PMI becomes much more difficult to estimate. Furthermore, the methods used to estimate the PMI of exposed remains cannot always be applied to buried remains. As a result, substantial research has been conducted in recent years in an attempt to identify an accurate method for estimating PMI or PBI of remains discovered in burial environments. 

Hanzlick R. 1995. National association of medical examiners pediatric toxicology (pedtox) registry report 3 case submission summary and data for acetaminophen, benzene, carboxyhemoglobin, dextromethorphan, ethanol, phenobarbital, and pseudoephedrine. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 16 (4) 270-277. 

Karch SB, Stephens BG, Ho CH. Methamphetamine-related deaths in San Francisco demographic, pathologic, and toxicologic profiles. J Forensic Sci 1999 44(2) 359-68. 

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