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The Medical Toxicologist in an Albanian Court: Ethical and Legal Issues [PDF]

, 2013
Recent developments in the field of forensic medicine and the judicial practice are both factors influencing considerably toward an increasing role of toxicologists in court hearings and litigation processes.
Simoni, Sandër, Vyshka, Gentian
core  

The role of toxicology in forensic investigations

International Journal of Forensic Medicine
Objective: This review paper aims to elucidate the critical role of toxicology in forensic investigations, demonstrating its significance in elucidating cases related to poisoning, drug influence, and chemical exposure.
Claus Casparsen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

‘The System Can't Cope’: The Service System Response to Alcohol and Other Drug‐Facilitated Sexual Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Alcohol and other drug‐facilitated sexual violence can have significant impacts on victim‐survivors, yet little is known about what support service providers offer them. To understand the experiences and perceptions of service providers, interviews with counsellors, health workers, forensic toxicologists and harm reduction workers were ...
Jessica Ison, Jacqui Theobald, Kirsty Forsdike, Ingrid Wilson, Elena Wilson, Leesa Hooker   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metabolomic Strategies in Biomarker Research-New Approach for Indirect Identification of Drug Consumption and Sample Manipulation in Clinical and Forensic Toxicology? [PDF]

Front Chem, 2019
Drug of abuse (DOA) consumption is a growing problem worldwide, particularly with increasing numbers of new psychoactive substances (NPS) entering the drug market. Generally, little information on their adverse effects and toxicity are available.
Steuer AE, Brockbals L, Kraemer T.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Metabolic fate of drugs of abuse and new psychoactive substances: A pilot study on a novel workflow using a zebrafish embryo model combined with human microdosing

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aim The aim of this study was to develop a novel workflow to identify human urine biomarkers for drugs of abuse and new psychoactive substances. Metabolites of amphetamine, cocaine, LSD, MDMA, methamphetamine, THC, MDMB‐CHMICA, and MDPPP were first identified in a zebrafish embryo (ZE) metabolism study followed by comparison to most abundant human ...
Simon K. Wellenberg, Tanja M. Gampfer, Lea Wagmann, Philip Schippers, Jennifer Herrmann, Rolf Müller, Folker Westphal, Markus R. Meyer   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forensic Toxicology Laboratory Guidelines: Analytical Method Validation (Version 2.0)

Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine, 2020
Since postmortem forensic toxicology involves analyzing body fluids and organs from death cases, interpreting that information and studying the sudden unexpected and/or unexplained deaths as coroner’s cases or fall under the jurisdiction of the medical ...
Abdulsallam Bakdash, Jihad Al-Qudsi, Huda M. Hassan, Farouq Alzahrani, Sulaf Assi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ageing related thyroid deficiency increases brain-targeted transport of liver-derived ApoE4-laden exosomes leading to cognitive impairment

Cell Death and Disease, 2022
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the prevalent cause of dementia in the ageing world population. Apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE4) allele is the key genetic risk factor for AD, although the mechanisms linking ApoE4 with neurocognitive impairments and aberrant ...
Manman Zhang, Wenliang Gong, Dianjun Zhang, Ming Ji, Binjie Chen, Beina Chen, Xinyu Li, Yuefei Zhou, Chengyi Dong, Gehua Wen, Xiaoni Zhan, Xiafang Wu, Lulu Cui, Yuliang Feng, Siman Wang, Huiya Yuan, Enyu Xu, Maosheng Xia, Alexei Verkhratsky, Baoman Li   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tetramethylenedisulfotetramine [PDF]

, 2014
Tetramethylenedisulfotetramine (CAS 80-12-6), commonly referred to as TETS, was first synthesized in 1933 as a condensation product of sulfamide and formaldehyde. TETS was subsequently used as a rodenticide until banned worldwide in 1991.
Banks, CN, Lein, PJ, Rogawski, MA, Yang, D   +3 more
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Infection Risk From Humans and Animals in the Anatomy Laboratory: A Scoping Review

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Whole‐body dissection is a cornerstone of anatomy education. During and following the COVID‐19 pandemic, exposure to infectious agents and other risks of dissection were highlighted. To identify potential risks, one must have the data outlining these risks in specific situations.
Margaret A. McNulty, Elizabeth R. Agosto
wiley   +1 more source

Post-mortem toxicology: A pilot study to evaluate the use of a Bayesian network to assess the likelihood of fatality [PDF]

, 2015
The challenge of interpreting post-mortem drug concentrations is well documented and relies on appropriate sample collection, knowledge of case circumstances as well as reference to published tables of data, whilst taking into account the known issues of
Bolton, Jennifer, Carlin, Michelle, Langford, Alan, Palmer, Ray   +3 more
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