Forensic Pathology Reviews

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Sudden Natural Deaths in Infancy and Childhood

   • Neil E. I. Langlois, Roger W. Byard

   Pages 1-26

3. Post-mortem Investigation of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy: Role of Autopsy in Classification of Death

   • Martin A. Weber, Neil J. Sebire

   Pages 27-46

4. Sudden Death from Pulmonary Causes

   • Kris S. Cunningham, Michael S. Pollanen

   Pages 47-74

5. Sectioning of the Heart, Searching for Pathology Under the Microscope, and the Cardiac Proteomics Approach in the Study of Sudden Cardiac Death Cases

   • Vittorio Fineschi, M. S. B. Othman, Emanuela Turillazzi

   Pages 75-92

6. Endocrine Disorders with Potentially Fatal Outcome

   • Lars Hecht

   Pages 93-120

7. Sudden Death from Infectious Disease

   • James A. Morris, Linda M. Harrison, Robert M. Lauder

   Pages 121-144

8. Aviation Deaths

   • S. Anthony Cullen

   Pages 145-167

9. Fatalities in General Aviation: From Balloons to Helicopters

   • Alex de Voogt

   Pages 169-179

10. The 9/11 Attacks: The Medicolegal Investigation of the World Trade Center Fatalities

    • James R. Gill, Mark Desire, T. Dickerson, Bradley J. Adams

    Pages 181-195

11. Injuries and Fatalities in All-Terrain Vehicle Crashes

    • Richard J. Mullins, J. H. Mullins

    Pages 197-212

12. Advances in Entomological Methods for Death Time Estimation

    • Martin H. Villet, Jens Amendt

    Pages 213-237

13. Tissue Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Death Time Estimation

    • Éverton S. Estracanholli, Cristina Kurachi, Vanderlei S. Bagnato

    Pages 239-258

14. Heat-Flow Finite-Element Models in Death Time Estimation

    • Holger Muggenthaler, Michael Hubig, Gitta Mall

    Pages 259-275

15. The Use of Protein Markers for the Estimation of the Postmortem Interval

    • Yekaterina Poloz, Danton H. O’Day

    Pages 277-294

16. Alcohol and Drug Fatalities in Transportation: Forensic-Toxicological Implications

    • F. Mußhoff

    Pages 295-330

17. Back Matter

    Pages 331-342

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Fresh research has opened up new vistas in forensic pathology that are allowing for closer national and international cooperation between pathologists and scientists in a range of medical and scientific disciplines. At the same time, autopsy and laboratory techniques are undergoing rapid evolution, with new procedures coming on stream while existing processes yield additional—and more accurate—results. This sixth volume of reviews in forensic pathology provides professionals working in the field with cutting-edge material on the latest key advances in the fields of traumatic death, sudden natural death and death time estimation. Now with numerous color illustrations, the book gives forensic experts across the world a fully up-to-date guide to contemporary procedures and theory in forensic science and medicine. The chapters cover an exhaustive range of aspects in the discipline, from the analysis of sudden natural deaths in infancy and childhood to the cardiac proteomics approach in the study of cases involving sudden cardiac death. Other specialist chapters deal with the forensic investigation of deaths in aviation and as a result of accidents involving all-terrain vehicles. The volume covers fresh research in the use of protein markers for the estimation of post-mortem intervals, and features a chapter telling the story of the medico-legal investigation into the deaths resulting from the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Comprehensive and current, this fresh volume of reviews is an essential resource for professionals who need to stay ahead of the game in a fast-moving and exciting field of scientific endeavor.

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• Pathology
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From the reviews:

“The book covers a broad variety of forensic pathological entities of interest for all those involved in death investigation. … This book makes a solid contribution to the growing number of textbooks available on forensic pathology and associated fields. Reading this book will undoubtedly be a useful experience for both beginners and experts in medicolegal and criminal investigations.” (Michael Tsokos, Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology, Vol. 8, 2012)

• , Medizinische Abteilung, Asklepios Klinik Harburg, Hamburg, Germany

  Elisabeth E. Turk

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