1 Emergency Department, Imam Reza Hospital, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah 67146, Iran 2 Radiology Department, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 14117-13137, Iran 3 Emergency Department, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 14117-13137, Iran 4 Forensic Medicine Department, Loghman Hospital, Shahid Beheshti Univers...

for paper presented at the 57 American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2005.

This commentary is dedicated to the memory of Peter J. Batten, MD. He was a public health physician, a psychiatrist, and a medical examiner who spent his entire career in Salem, the capital of the State of Oregon. Salem was a unique place to work because, early in the history of Oregon, the state elected to build all of its original public institutions in the environs of the city. As the county...

Among biomedical scientists, there is a great deal of controversy over the nature of race, the relevance of racial categories for research, and the proper methods of using racial variables. This article argues that researchers and scholars should avoid a binary-type argument, in which the question is whether to use race always or never. Researchers should instead focus on developing standards f...

“CSI” – CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION! The very words conjure up a picture of murder, mystery, police officers, and poison analysis. Few would normally associate such activities—and all else that is part of modern forensic science—with contemporary veterinary practice. Nothing, however, could be further from the truth. Forensic veterinary medicine is here to stay! So what is exactly is “forensic ve...