Handbook of Forensic MedicineBurkhard Madea Forensic Medicine encompasses all areas in which medicine and law interact. This book covers diverse aspects of forensic medicine including forensic pathology, traumatology and violent death, sudden and unexpected death, clinical forensic medicine, toxicology, traffic medicine, identification, haemogenetics and medical law. A knowledge of all these subdisciplines is necessary in order to solve routine as well as more unusual cases. Taking a comprehensive approach the book m.oves beyond a focus on forensic pathology to include clinical forensic medicine and forensic toxicology. All aspects of forensic medicine are covered to meet the specialist needs of daily casework. Aspects of routine analysis and quality control are addressed in each chapter. The book provides coverage of the latest developments in forensic molecular biology, forensic toxicology, molecular pathology and immunohistochemistry. A must-have reference for every specialist in the field this book is set to become the bench-mark for the international forensic medical community. |
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203 | 774 |
SelfHarm | 776 |
207 | 789 |
Age Estimation | 791 |
on development | 801 |
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Postmortem Changes and Time | 75 |
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Claas T Buschmann and Michael Tsokos | 134 |
Relatives | 161 |
Anthropology and Osteology | 171 |
Ruediger Lessig and Mechthild Prinz | 192 |
Traumatology | 203 |
Introduction to Some | 211 |
201 | 235 |
Vital Reactions and Wound | 237 |
Classification of Wounds | 253 |
Gunshots Explosives and Arrows | 328 |
and Drowning | 367 |
161 | 448 |
Burkhard Madea | 451 |
Burkhard Madea | 468 |
Ryan Blumenthal | 477 |
Burkhard Madea | 495 |
Thomas Bajanowski | 504 |
162 | 514 |
Eberhard Lignitz Gerhard | 516 |
Gerhard KernbachWighton | 525 |
Philip | 539 |
Burkhard Madea | 545 |
138 | 552 |
161 | 560 |
Evidence in Violent Death | 562 |
166 | 594 |
328 | 597 |
Postmortem Biochemistry as | 630 |
192 | 645 |
Sudden and Unexpected Deaths | 647 |
Clinical Forensic | 669 |
163 | 670 |
Clinical Forensic Medicine | 679 |
Sexual Abuse | 681 |
NonSexual Abuse in Children | 702 |
201 | 744 |
Intimate Partner | 746 |
167 | 754 |
Violence Against Homosexuals | 757 |
Forensic Psychiatry | 813 |
211 | 828 |
Toxicology | 831 |
4 | 837 |
6 | 843 |
5 | 870 |
258 | 886 |
Toxicokinetics and Toxicogenetics | 889 |
168 | 980 |
Drug Screening and Confirmation 866 Olaf H Drummer | 1024 |
216 | 1032 |
Effects of Epilepsy on Fitness | 1033 |
Epidemiology and Causal Factors | 1044 |
Effectsof Alcohol on Fitness toDrive | 1057 |
169 | 1071 |
Effects of Illegal Drugs | 1074 |
Effects of Medicinal Drugs | 1087 |
Toxicological Markers of Chronic | 1099 |
522 | 1106 |
Traffic Accidents | 1108 |
237 | 1138 |
Identification | 1141 |
172 | 1160 |
767 | 1182 |
Forensic Anthropology | 1184 |
Forensic Odontology | 1193 |
Effects of Cardiovascular | 1205 |
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5 | 1232 |
Insurance Medicine | 1239 |
Insurance Medicine 1239 67 4 Specifics of forensic medical | 1246 |
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