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ELSEVIER Forensic Science International 88 (1997) 237-239 Volume contents Volume 88 (1997) No. 1 Special Issue Proceedings of the European Symposium ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES OF DNA TYPING IN FORENSIC MEDICINE Foreword P.M. Schneider, C. Ritter, P.D. Martin (Germany; UK) Ethical issues in the forensic applications of DNA analysis D. Beyleveld (UK) Basic issues in forensic DNA typing P.M. Schneider (Germany ) Criticisms and concerns regarding DNA profiling P.J. Lincoln (UK) The National DNA Database D.J. Werrett (UK) Short Reports: The Legal Situation of Forensic DNA Analysis in Europe DNA in forensic genetics in Denmark N. Morling (Denmark) The legal situation of forensic DNA analysis in Norway B. Olaisen (Norway) DNA testing in crime investigation in Finland V. Johnsson (Finland) Status report regarding the national DNA database in Sweden A. Jangblad (Sweden) Forensic DNA testing and its legislation in the Netherlands A. Kloosterman, H. Janssen (The Netherlands) The situation of DNA analysis in Belgium A. Leriche, B. Hoste (Belgium) Legal situation of forensic DNA analysis in the Republic of Ireland G. O’ Donnell (Ireland) 238 Volume contents Ethical and legal issues raised by DNA fingerprinting in France P. Mangin (France) Ethical and legal issues related to forensic DNA typing: the legal situation in France P. Fanardjian (France) Ethical and legal issues of DNA typing in forensic medicine: a brief survey on the Italian situation E. d’ Aloja (Italy) Report on the legal situation of forensic DNA analysis in Greece I. Skitsa (Greece) The situation of forensic DNA analysis in Spain A. Carracedo, C. Pestoni, M. Guillén (Spain) Forensic DNA analysis in Portugal M.C. Vide (Portugal ) Report on the legal situation of forensic DNA analysis in Austria R. Scheithaver (Austria) Ethical and legal issues of DNA typing in forensic medicine: the situation in Switzerland W. Bar (Switzerland) Legal aspects of forensic DNA analysis in Germany H. Schmitter, P. M. Schneider (Germany ) Summary of the Discussion Instructions to authors 107-110 No. 2 Fatal occlusion of the left coronary main stem by a fragment from the femoral artery: A previously unreported complication of cardiac catheterization M. Veijola, M. Ikaheimo, J. Valkama, J. Hirvonen (Finland) 111-116 Gas chromatographic examination of postmortem specimens after maprotiline intoxication T. Keller, U. Zollinger (Germany; Switzerland) 117-123 Rapid analysis of malathion in blood using head space-solid phase microextraction and selected ion monitoring A. Namera, M. Yashiki, N. Nagasawa, Y. Iwasaki, T. Kojima (Japan) 125-131 Gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric determination of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) in serum samples F. Musshoff, T. Daldrup (Germany) 133-140 Bacterial toxins and sudden unexpected death in a young child A.J. Bentley, A.A. Zorgani, C.C. Blackwell, D.M. Weir, A. Busuttil (UK) 141-146 Site of entrance wound and direction of bullet path in firearm fatalities as indicators of homicide versus suicide H. Druid (Sweden) 147-162 Detection of white restorative dental materials using an alternative light source D.O. Carson, Y. Orihara, J.L. Sorbie, D.J. Pounder (UK; Japan) 163-168 Short Report Analysis of mortality reports from a university hospital of Turkey S.S. Giirpinar, G. Can, O. Boliikbagi, P. Torun (Turkey) 169-171 No. 3 Injuries to the hyoid bone and laryngeal cartilages: Effectiveness of different methods of medico-legal investigation V.D. Khokhlov (Russia) 173-183 Volume contents A cluster of fentanyl-related deaths among drug addicts in Sweden R. Kronstrand, H. Druid, P. Holmgren, J. Rajs (Sweden) 185-195 Handwriting changes due to aging and Parkinson's syndrome J. Walton (Australia) 197-214 The weight of the normal spleen S. Sprogge-Jakobsen, U. Sprogde-Jakobsen (Denmark) 215-223 Diagnosis of alveolar pneumonia used as an example for quality control in legal medicine— macroscopy versus microscopy A. Schnabel, I. Dirkes, H. Bratzke (Germany) 225-229 Letter to the Editor A Messerer fracture N. Yukawa, M. Kojimahara, M.A. Green, T. Saito, M. Osawa, S. Takeichi (Japan; UK) 231-232 Reply to Dr. Yukawa et al.'s letter re: “A Messerer fracture’ W. Rabl, C. Haid, M. Krismer (Austria) 233-234 Diary of future events 235 Volume contents 237-239 241 Subject index 243-245