InhaltsangabeDeath From Environmental Conditions



Death as a Result of Starvation: Diagnostic Criteria

Burkhard Madea



Trauma



Skull Injuries Caused by Blows With Glass Bottles

Burkhard Madea, Peter H. Schmidt, Eberhard Lignitz, and Stephan A. Padosch



Forensic Neuropathology



Primary Cerebral Neoplasms as a Cause of Sudden, Unexpected Death

Jakob Matschke



Death From Natural Causes



Obesity Epidemic in the United States: A Cause of Morbidity and Premature Death

Donna M. Hunsaker and John C. Hunsaker III



Child Abuse, Neglect, and Infanticide



Infant and Early Childhood Asphyxial Deaths: Diagnostic Issues

Roger W. Byard and Michael Tsokos



Suicide



Complex Suicides

Michael Bohnert



OccupationRelated Suicides

Peter H. Schmidt, Stephan A. Padosch, and Burkhard Madea



Infectious Diseases



Sudden, Unexpected Death Related to Viral Myocarditis: A Survey of Histological, Immunohistochemical, and Molecularpathological Methods for the Postmortem Diagnosis

Reinhard Dettmeyer and Burkhard Madea



Death Scene Investigation



Human Primitive Behavior

Achim Th. Schäfer



Forensic Entomology



Arthropods and Corpses

Mark Benecke



Toxicology



Practical Toxicology for the Forensic Pathologist

James R. Gill



PerformanceEnhancing Drugs



LongTerm Effects of AnabolicAndrogenicSteroid Abuse: Morphological Findings Associated With Fatal Outcome

Roland Hausmann



Forensic Differential Diagnosis



Subendocardial Hemorrhages

Stephan Seidl



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