Table of Contents

Death From Environmental Conditions.- Macroscopical, Microscopical, and Laboratory Findings in Drowning Victims.- Forensic Neuropathology.- HIV-1 Infection of the Central Nervous System.- Forensic Pathophysiology.- Death in a Head-Down Position.- Forensic Odontology.- Bitemarks.- Taphonomy.- Postmortem Changes and Artifacts Occurring During the Early Postmortem Interval.- Macroscopical Findings on Soil-Embedded Skeletal Remains Allowing the Exclusion of a Forensically Relevant Lay Time.- Death From Natural Causes.- Right and Left Ventricular Arrhythmogenic Dysplasia.- Postmortem Diagnosis of Anaphylaxis.- Vascular Conditions.- The Medicolegal Evaluation of Fatal Pulmonary Thromboembolism.- Suicide.- Trends of Suicide in the United States During the 20th Century.- Murder-Suicide.- Iatrogenic Injury.- Iatrogenic Injury.- 1Imaging Techniques in Forensic Pathology.- Forensic Radiology.

Reviews

From Reviews of the First Volume...

"...can be recommended to forensic pathologists from beginners to experts...will be a good basis for further forensic practices and researches." -Legal Medicine

"...a significant contribution to the forensic pathology literature." -Journal of Forensic Science

"...the readers of this book will establish up-to-date and good grasp of forensic pathology...the book can be recommended to forensic pathologists from beginners to experts. The book will give good basis for further forensic practices and researches." -Legal Medicine

"It is hoped that the following volume of this series will maintain the high standard set up by this first volume." -International Journal of Legal Medicine

"I would recommend the first book in this series to the practicing forensic pathologist who wishes to fill in some gaps of the standard forensic pathology texts or as a starting point to begin to master the art of traumatic forensic neuroimmunohistochemistry." -Arch Pathol Lab Med From the reviews: "This is an exceptionally useful resource for both residents in training and practicing pathologists...I highly recommend this book." - Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal "This is the third volume of a series of forensic pathology reviews … . The concept of providing up-to-date comprehensive and practically oriented reviews of important issues of forensic pathology has been maintained. … Like the two previous volumes … this volume represent high-quality, cutting-edge reviews written by well-known researchers in their scientific fields. … In conclusion, the forensic pathology reviews series promises to be a very useful and up-to-date source … ." (B. Karger, International Journal of Legal Medicine, Vol. 120, 2006) "Staying with the ‘pick ‘n’ mix’ style of the previous volumes, we now have a third volume of excellent review articles on forensic pathology. … There are atotal of 13 chapters. … the book is well written and a joy to read. It is also well illustrated with half-tone photographs. … this volume is essential reading for all autopsy pathologists, including forensic pathologists. Trainees in forensic pathology might find this series particularly useful." (Dr G C A Fernando, American College of Physicians News, Autumn, 2005)