Homicide by hanging is a rare incident and, in contrast to suicidal cases, only limited number of homicidal cases have been reported. This comprehensive review conducted summarize the published forensic pathology evidence homicide hanging. A systematic search five journal databases resulted 12 case reports. All articles passed selection criteria and were appraised using JBI critical appraisal w...

The pathological effects of lead on the renal, nervous, reproductive, endocrine, and immune systems have been reviewed. Emphasis is placed on reported subclinical effects due to chronic, low-level lead exposure. The crucial issue of whether subtle behavioral, intellectual, and developmental impairment occurs in young children, as a result of lead-induced CNS damage is discussed in detail. This ...

Genetically modified plants can be altered for agronomic traits, such as virus-, insector herbicide tolerance, and for quality traits, such as enhanced or altered nutritional properties. The genes introduced into the plant may result in the synthesis of new substances that are conventional components of plant foods such as proteins, fats, carbohydrates, or vitamins that are novel in the context...

Objectives—To determine the prevalence and patterns of alcohol and drug use in patients with major trauma. Methods—Consecutive trauma patient enrolment, 24 hours a day, was envisaged with anonymised patient data on gender, age band, and mechanism of injury collected. The study group had surplus plasma quantitatively analysed for ethanol concentration, and urine samples were initially screened, ...

The primary purpose of this chapter is to provide public health officials, physicians, toxicologists, and other interested individuals and groups with an overall perspective on the toxicology of diazinon. It contains descriptions and evaluations of toxicological studies and epidemiological investigations and provides conclusions, where possible, on the relevance of toxicity and toxicokinetic da...