forensic medical literature
Wound man - Johannes de Ketham - Fasciculo de Medicina
Source: Wikipedia
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impact factors etc in forensic medicine
- Saukko P. The role of international journals in legal/forensic medicine. Legal Medicine (Tokyo) 2009; 11 Suppl 1:S9-12
- Jones AW. The distribution of forensic journals, reflections on authorship practices, peer review and the role of impact factor. Forensic Science International 2007; 165:115-128
diagnostic criteria in forensic pathology
Very few attempts have been made to define diagnostic criteria for pathological diagnoses in forensic pathological practice (criteria for traumatic basal subarachnoid haemorrhage by Leadbeatter being one such example). A diagnostic crietria approach has been attempted in surgical histopathology by Tadrous, and it is hoped that such a compendium will be produced in forensic pathology in due course.
Leadbeatter S. Extracranial vertebral artery injury - evolution of a pathological illusion? Forensic Science International 1994; 28:33-40
Tadrous PJ. Diagnostic criteria handbook in histopathology: a surgical pathology vade mecum. John Wiley and Sons 2008
(Source: Simon Howden)