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Hardcover: 216 pages
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press; 1st edition (July 14, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0809322226
ISBN-13: 978-0809322220.

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Hardcover: 616 pages
Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (May 4, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0122199510
ISBN-13: 978-0122199516.

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Forensic Pathology: Principles and Practice is an extensively illustrated reference book that contains more than 1800 color photographs accompanied by well-considered text that thoroughly explains representative topics, and also provides abundant, up-to-date references for further reading. This well-written volume uses a case-oriented format to address, explain and guide the reader through the varied topics encountered by forensic pathologists. It will benefit not only the experienced forensic pathologist, but also the hospital pathologist who occasionally performs medicolegal autopsies. Doctors in training and those law enforcement officials investigating the broad spectrum of sudden, unexpected and violent deaths that may fall within the jurisdiction of medicolegal death investigators will also find this an invaluable resource.

* Large, colorful photographs which beautifully illustrate the concepts outlined in the text.
* Sample descriptions of pathological lesions which serve to aid pathologists in reporting their findings to law enforcement agencies, attorneys, and others involved in investigations of sudden death.
* ‘Do and Don’t’ sections at the end of each chapter which provide guidance for handling the types of cases examined within preceding sections.

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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (October 31, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0849333385
ISBN-13: 978-0849333385.

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Chemicalsare a part of daily life and can be found all around us. Many common chemicals when mixed improperly – whether intentionally or not – can pose serious consequences to those who come in contact with them. Written by an author who is an experiencedhazmat-qualifiedfirst responder,forensicspecialist, and educator, Explosives and Chemical Weapons Identification provides the means to quickly identify the type of explosive or chemical weapon at hand upon arriving at the scene.

A thorough and accessible reference, this book contains the identification capabilities for 468 different formulations for explosives and chemical weapons. It presents detailed descriptions for each of these formulations by breaking down their materials into five concise categories: common name, synonym, class, ingredients, and use. The materials are also indexed by common name, class, and ingredient.

A handy reference packed with critical information and over 350 illustrations and photographs to aid in visual identification, Explosives and Chemical Weapons Identification is an essential resource that every first responder and forensic professional must have within reach every time.

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Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: CRC; 1 edition (September 29, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0849320585
ISBN-13: 978-0849320583.

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Provides case study examples of environmental trial exhibits. Covers misused techniques that can bias the scientific validity of trial exhibit; scale exaggeration, use of statistical manipulation, data contouring, and selective presentation. DLC: Environmental forensics.

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Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: CRC; 1 edition (August 23, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0849329825
ISBN-13: 978-0849329821.

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An essential reference for both forensic experts and non-experts alike, Forensic Recovery of Human Remains: Archaeological Approaches is a comprehensive guide that focuses on the practical aspects of excavating and recovering human remains, along with any associated evidence, from crime scenes. It highlights the protocols and techniques that are used to successfully survey, map, recover, document, collect, and transport such items from these locations.

Topics include identifying the difference between forensic archaeology and anthropology; employing the correct equipment when conducting searches, recoveries, and excavations; leveraging geophysical technologies used in forensic searches; collecting botanical and entomological evidence; mapping and documenting scenes; and classifying human and nonhuman skeletal remains.

The authors present this information in a thorough yet straightforward manner for those who are experienced in the field of forensic recovery and for those who may not yet be as seasoned. In either situation, if you want to be confident that you have uncovered and carefully processed every bit of potential evidence at the scene, then Forensic Recovery of Human Remains: Archaeological Approaches is the one reference to have with you every time.

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CD-ROM
Publisher: Chapman & Hall/CRC (July 29, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0849302773
ISBN-13: 978-0849302770.

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A male homicide victim with a shotgun blast to the chest. A female drug addict who has overdosed on crack cocaine. An elderly woman with deep stab wounds to the neck. A two-year-old motor vehicle accident victim with blunt head trauma.For forensic pathologists, police detectives, and crime scene investigators, dealing with death and injury is a daily routine. But even after investigating thousands of drownings, shootings, stabbings, electrocutions, overdoses, and traffic accidents, most professionals in the investigative fields still haven’t seen it all. Readily accessible and easily searchable, Forensic Pathology: A Color Atlas on CD-ROM provides much of the basic information that forensic pathologists and other investigators need on a day-to-day basis. Packed with 800 full-color, captioned photographs, this atlas examines everything from time of death and decomposition, to identification, causes of death from blunt trauma, firearm injuries, asphyxia, cutting and stabbing injuries, and more. The atlas shows the various causes of death and injury with case examples — “visuals” to help investigators understand the work they perform.Indeed, with its exhaustive coverage, the Forensic Pathology: A Color Atlas provides investigators with valuable insight into the many different causes of death and injury they must deal with and how these causes of death are diagnosed.

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Paperback: 234 pages
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher (May 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0398071853
ISBN-13: 978-0398071851.

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Paperback: 286 pages
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher (February 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0398078432
ISBN-13: 978-0398078430.

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Paperback: 428 pages
Publisher: American Association for Clinical Chemistry; 2nd edition (January 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1594250537
ISBN-13: 978-1594250538.

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This updated edition of the classic, best-selling textbook — including new chapters on methods validation, benzodiazepines, and GHB — is ideal for the classroom and the reference shelf. Since the publication of the first edition in 1999, Principles of Forensic Toxicology has been used extensively for teaching students taking a one-semester course in forensic toxicology. It has also proven to be an invaluable reference for laboratorians.

The first section provides an introduction to postmortem forensic toxicology, human performance forensic toxicology, forensic drug testing, and pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.

The second section is devoted to analytical principles, including both theory and applications. Methodologies covered include specimen preparation, spectrophotometry, chromatography, immunoassay, mass spectrometry, and methods validation.

The third section covers commonly encountered analytes, including alcohol, benzodiazepines, GHB, miscellaneous central nervous system depressants, opioids, cocaine, marijuana, amphetamines/sympathomimetic amines, hallucinogens, anticonvulsants, antiarrhythmics, antidepressants, neuroleptics, carbon monoxide/cyanide, inhalants, and metals.

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Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Yale University Press; 1 edition (January 24, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0300108990
ISBN-13: 978-0300108996.

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At the outset of the twentieth century, malaria was Italy’s major public health problem. It was the cause of low productivity, poverty, and economic backwardness, while it also stunted literacy, limited political participation, and undermined the army. In this book Frank Snowden recounts how Italy became the world center for the development of malariology as a medical discipline and launched the first national campaign to eradicate the disease.Snowden traces the early advances, the setbacks of world wars and Fascist dictatorship, and the final victory against malaria after World War II. He shows how the medical and teaching professions helped educate people in their own self-defense and in the process expanded trade unionism, women’s consciousness, and civil liberties. He also discusses the antimalarial effort under Mussolini’s regime and reveals the shocking details of the German army’s intentional release of malaria among Italian civilians—the first and only known example of bioterror in twentieth-century Europe. Comprehensive and enlightening, this history offers important lessons for today’s global malaria emergency.

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