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Proceedings of the 17th International Meeting on Forensic Medicine
This supplement contains a total of 30 articles presented at the 17th International Meeting on Forensic Medicine Alpe-Adria-Pannonia, in Portorož, Slovenia (May 7th–May 10th 2008). This Alpe-Adria-Pan...
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Jože Balažic
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Simulation of hit-and-run road accidents
Abstract: Criminal offences are simulated for manifold reasons and are often associated with the intentional self-infliction of injuries and unrealistic, typically dramatic descriptions of the alleged...
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A. Thierauf,
S. Pollak,
M. Große Perdekamp
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3-6
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Expert examination and assessment of state under the influence of psychoactive substances
Abstract: An expert examination is a medical examination performed by a doctor on the order of a police officer or investigating judge. It includes a clinical examination of the subject, collection of...
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J. Balažic,
B. Štefanič,
E. Kralj,
B. Ermenc
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7-10
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The modern trends in alcohol, drugs and driving research
Abstract: Research on alcohol, drugs and driving can be broadly separated into experimental and epidemiological studies. Every approach has its inherent advantages and disadvantages. Experimental stud...
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Elke Raes,
Kristof Pil,
Alain G. Verstraete
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11-14
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Occupational workplace and traffic fatalities in Alsace, France (2000–2005): Results of toxicological investigations
Abstract: France ranks as leader country in Europe for the consumption of cannabis as well as of psychoactive medications. Whereas the relationship between psychotropics and road accidents is now well...
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E. Szwarc,
A. Tracqui,
B. Ludes,
A. Cantineau
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15-16
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Toxicological investigations for drugs of abuse in arrested drivers: A 2-year retrospective study (2005–2006) in Strasbourg, France
Abstract: Driving under the influence of drugs of abuse (DRUID) is prosecuted in France since 2001. Biological controls are performed according to a 2-step procedure: urine immunoscreening followed, i...
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A. Tracqui,
E. Szwarc,
C. Jamey,
B. Ludes
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17-19
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Suicidal yew ingestion
Abstract: A 41-year-old man was found dead, lying in prone position on the ground near a parking area, where the car of the person was parked. Remarkable were the spasm-like hands of the decedent, cau...
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P. Roll,
Ch. Beham-Schmid,
A. Beham,
M. Kollroser,
B. Reichenpfader
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20-21
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The mystery of shrinking heads
Abstract: Shrinking heads as trophies are well known all over the world. Several forms of mummified human trophy heads were produced by different tribes, in addition not true or not traditional shrunk...
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B. Reichenpfader,
W. Buzina,
P. Roll
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22-23
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Motorcyclists’ fatalities in multiple crashes: Who is responsible for death? (three cases)
Abstract: In Italy in 2007, 26% of two-wheeled motor vehicle injury/fatalities concerned motorcyclists. However, it is rare (4%) that a motorcycle (MC) crashes with two other road users and even more ...
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D.R. Schillaci
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24-26
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Drunk drivers—Chances for and difficulties in giving medico-legal opinions on drivers’ alcohol intoxication levels, on the basis of the material analyzed in the Forensic Medicine Department, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice in the years 2003–2007
Abstract: The authors have conducted a statistical analysis of 340 court files investigated in the Forensic Medicine Department Medical University of Silesia, Katowice in the years 2003–2007 with rega...
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K. Rygol,
M. Chowaniec,
Cz. Chowaniec,
K. Droździok,
A. Nowak
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27-28
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The toxicological challenges in the European research project DRUID
Abstract: Within the epidemiological studies of the integrated European research project DRUID (Driving Under the Influence of Drugs, alcohol and medicines), 13 laboratories from across Europe will an...
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Kristof Pil,
Elke Raes,
Alain G. Verstraete
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29-32
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Influence of alcohol intoxication of pedestrians on injuries in fatal road accidents
Abstract: Pedestrians belong to the group of road users with the highest mortality rate. The frequency of road accidents involving pedestrians is 2% but pedestrians represent as many as 13% of all roa...
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T. Prijon,
B. Ermenc
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33-34
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Interpretation of blood alcohol concentration in maritime accidents—A case report
Abstract: The human element is increasingly acknowledged as an important factor contributing to accidents at sea. Alcohol and drug abuse is becoming an increasing problem among seafarers in the last f...
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Drazen Cuculic,
Alan Bosnar,
Valter Stemberga,
Miran Coklo,
Nebojsa Nikolic,
Emina Grgurevic
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35-37
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Medical driver selection and alcohol
Abstract: Due to the rapid development of motorisation in the past few decades, the epidemic of traffic injuries has become a serious problem. Numerous studies indicate that the human factor, often in...
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M. Bilban
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38-42
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Cardiac death 25 years after successful treatment for Hodgkin's disease—Case report
Abstract: In the following case, the authors are discussing a connection between treating Hodgkin's disease in childhood and later sudden cardiac death of the patient at the age of 37. Examined expert...
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J. Balažic,
S. Frković-Grazio,
B. Jereb
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43-45
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Post-mortem blood alcohol concentration of the traffic accident victims and changes in DUI legislation in Slovenia 1980–2006
Abstract: This study aims to contribute to the analysis of the impact of alcohol consumption on road traffic safety in Slovenia and to evaluate the effectiveness of the changes in road traffic safety ...
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E. Kralj,
T. Pezdir,
J. Balažic
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46-51
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Maternal mortality in Slovenia: Case report and the method of identifying pregnancy-associated deaths
Abstract: We report on the case of fatal intracerebral haemorrhage that followed the development of severe preeclampsia/eclampsia with haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets (HELLP) syn...
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E. Kralj,
B. Mihevc-Ponikvar,
T. Premru-Sršen,
J. Balažic
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52-57
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Cardiomyopathy in a patient with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2D: Pathomorphological aspects
Abstract: Sarcoglycanopathies are a group of autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophies caused by mutations in the genes encoding for α-, β-, γ- and δ-sarcoglycan, which are expressed in ske...
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Marija Meznaric-Petrusa,
Eduard Kralj,
Corrado Angelini,
Marina Fanin,
Darinka Trinkaus
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58-62
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Low blood alcohol levels. Experimental study on attention and body sway control functions
Abstract: Objective: Attempting to prevent alcohol-related road accidents requires sensitive, reliable and easy-to-use methods and instruments for ascertaining drivers’ state of intoxication. This pap...
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Massimo Montisci,
Giovanni Cecchetto,
Guido Viel,
Donata Favretto,
Giorgia Ducolin,
Raffaele Giorgetti,
Santo Davide Ferrara
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63-65
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From chronic rhinitis to death: Fatal outcome of nasal polyposis treatment
Abstract: Introduction: Nasal polyposis (NP) is considered to be the state of chronic inflammation of nasal mucosa and sinuses presenting with various nasal symptomatology. In most cases, it is treate...
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D. Mayer,
A. Lukic,
V. Petrovecki,
M. Bakovic,
D. Strinovic,
J. Skavic
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66-68
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Identification and analyses of female civilian victims of the 1991 war in Croatia from the Glina and Petrinja areas
Abstract: Introduction: The process of recovering and identifying human remains from individual and mass graves has proven to be the most effective method of resolving the fate of missing individuals ...
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M. Slaus,
D. Strinovic,
V. Petrovecki,
D. Mayer,
V. Vyroubal,
Z. Bedic
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69-71
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Diagnostic value of post-mortem examination of the cardiac conduction system
Abstract: Introduction (Aim): Sudden unexplained death (SUD) is a common problem in forensic pathology. In many of these cases, the autopsy findings, toxicological examinations and patient history are...
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G. Haring,
E. Kralj,
J. Balažic,
B. Ermenc
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72-75
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Tractor driving and alcohol—A highly hazardous combination
Abstract: Introduction: Approximately half of all injury-related fatalities in the agricultural industry are associated with farm tractors. Skill-based psychomotor tasks, such as driving and operating...
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J.L. Gassend,
M. Bakovic,
D. Mayer,
D. Strinovic,
J. Skavic,
V. Petrovecki
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76-79
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Psychoactive drugs in the road traffic in the legal and consultative aspects—Experience gained by the Forensic Medicine Department, Silesian University of Medicine, Katowice
Abstract: Introduction: In the years 1997–2007 in the Forensic Medicine Department, Silesian University of Medicine, Katowice a total of 785 blood samples collected from drivers being the perpetrators...
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Joanna Kulikowska,
Joanna Nowicka,
Małgorzata Chowaniec,
Małgorzata Albert,
Rafał Celiński,
Kornelia Droździok,
Czesław Chowaniec
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80-82
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Assessment of the cause and mode of death of victims of a mass industrial accident in the Halemba coal mine
Abstract: On 21 November 2006 in the Halemba coal mine, Ruda Śląska, a mass industrial accident occurred. The underground catastrophe was probably due to combustion of methane followed by explosion of...
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M. Kobek,
Z. Jankowski,
Cz. Chowaniec,
Ch. Jabłoński,
Z. Gąszczyk-Ożarowski
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83-87
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A rare case of lethal methadone intoxication of a 3-week-old infant
Abstract: The authors describe a rare case of lethal methadone intoxication of a 3-week-old infant. Born of a drug-addicted mother who was undergoing methadone substitution therapy, the newborn presen...
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M. Kobek,
C.H. Jabłoński,
J. Kulikowska,
D. Pieśniak,
C.Z. Chowaniec,
Z. Gąszczyk-Ożarowski
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88-90
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Estimating the degree of ethanol intoxication from analysis of cerebro-cranial hematomas
Abstract: 314 cases of combined cerebro-cranial trauma and posttraumatic intracranial hematomas were identified of which ethanol was detected in 114 hematomas. The other investigative group was 103 ho...
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M. Chowaniec,
Cz. Chowaniec,
A. Nowak,
J. Nowicka,
K. Droździok
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91-94
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An attempt to objectify the condition of cervical spine distortion injury in traffic accident victims for court purposes
Abstract: Introduction: According to morphological criteria, cervical spine injuries include, among others, contusion, distortion, luxation and fracture. Distortion of the intervertebral articulations...
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C.Z. Chowaniec,
A. Nowak,
M. Chowaniec,
K. Rygol,
M. Kobek
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95-96
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Genetic identification of the mummified fetus
Abstract: During executing some activities by the police, a mummified human fetus was accidentally revealed on a scrap of paper. It came from pregnancy considerably not carried to term, lasting about ...
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K. Droździok,
J. Kabiesz,
A. Nowak,
M. Chowaniec,
K. Rygol
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97-98
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The Upper Silesia (Poland) population and forensic usefulness of 11 autosomal STR loci
Abstract: Allele frequencies, forensic parameters for the 11 STR loci in GenePrint STR Systems—Silver Stain Detection (Promega): CSF1PO, TPOX, TH01, D16S539, D7S820, D13S317, F13A01, FESFPS, VWA, F13B...
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K. Droździok,
J. Kabiesz,
A. Nowak,
Cz. Chowaniec,
J. Kulikowska
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99-100
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The Upper Silesia (Poland) population and forensic usefulness of 15 autosomal STR loci
Abstract: Allele frequencies, forensic parameters for the 15 STR loci in the AmpFlSTR® Identifiler Kit (Applied Biosystems), D8S1179, D21S11, D7S820, CSF1PO, D3S1358, TH01, D13S317, D16S539, D19S433, ...
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K. Droździok,
J. Kabiesz,
A. Nowak,
Cz. Chowaniec,
J. Nowicka
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101-103
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