this paper deals with the use of transferring (tf) system in legal medicine and forensic serology. biased upon the clear for mal genetics and excellent typing of tf phenotypes, in case of rare tf variants, favorable results are obtained in disputed paternity. in the present case of disputed paternity, the child and the father exhibits b2 c type while the mother shows the type cc. but the father...

introduction: poroscopy is a method of identification in which the characteristics of sweat pores are compared from different aspects. these pore openings are present along the friction ridges found on the distal end of digits, palms and soles in the hands and feet. materials amd methods: this study enrolled 100 iranian males from the fars family who resided in khorasan razavi province. the ave...

background orthopedic injuries are the most common types of injuries. to identify the main causes of injuries, collecting data in a standard manner at the national level are needed, which justifies necessity of making a minimum data set (mds). objectives the aim of this study was to develop an mds of the information management system for orthopedic injuries in iran. materials and methods this d...

background: carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless and poisonous gas. since there is currently no information on the prevalence of carbon monoxide poisoning in mazandaran, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of carbon monoxide poisoning and compare its prevalence with other poisonings recorded in mazandaran department of forensic medicine, from 2009 to 2011.methods: this is a desc...

doubtlessly one of the major problems in iran is drug abuse or substance abuse. the transmission of hiv/aids has made the problem so complicated that has created an urgent need for a campaign against this awful phenomenon. the objective of this study-that was carried out through the cross-sectional method- is considering the situation of the addict death and the related factors. the target popu...

legally speaking, consumption of any substance that causes inebriation is prohibited in the laws of the islamic republic of iran. in terms of medicine, alcoholic liquor is ethanol-containing liquid whether causes inebriation or not. its consumption is considered as a crime and the user will be punished. ethanol as a known harmful substance might lead to mood instability and subsequently differe...

introduction: natural and unexpected death that happens within less than one hour of first symptom occurrence is called sudden death. cardiovascular diseases are the main known reason of sudden death and more than 75% of sudden deaths in athletes are assigned to it. here we reported the autopsy results of all cases with sudden death following exercise that were referred to forensic center of te...

the aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between social capital among employees with their job performance in tehran's forensic medicine organization. the study population consisted of all the employees of tehran's forensic medicine organization in 2015 that based on available statistics are 120 employees that because of limited statistical population, sampling has not...

background: to reduce traffic injuries in the country, health professionals should have accurate estimates of road traffic deaths. multiple and sometimes inconsistent statistics presented by organizations in charge create high degree of uncertainty for planners and decision makers. to achieve an accurate estimate, several methods are available. of them, capture-recapture method seems to be an a...