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- Kadi, Fawzi, et al.
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The expression of androgen receptors in human neck and limb muscles : effects of training and self-administration of androgenic-anabolic steroids
- 2000
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Ingår i: Histochemistry and Cell Biology. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0948-6143 .- 1432-119X. ; 113:1, s. 25-29
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this study was to investigate the immunohistochemical expression of androgen receptors (AR) in human vastus lateralis and trapezius muscles and to determine whether long-term strength training and self-administration of androgenic-anabolic steroids are accompanied by changes in AR content. Biopsy samples were taken from eight high-level power-lifters (P), nine high-level power-lifters who used anabolic steroids (PAS) and six untrained subjects (U). Myonuclei and AR were visualised in cross-sections stained with the monoclonal antibody against AR and 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole. The proportion of AR-containing myonuclei per fibre cross-section was higher in the trapezius than in the vastus lateralis (P<0.05). In the trapezius, the proportion of AR-containing myonuclei was higher in P compared to U and in PAS compared to both P and U (P<0. 05). On the contrary, in the vastus lateralis, there were no differences in AR content between the three groups. Myonuclear number in both muscles was higher in P compared to U and in PAS compared to both P and U (P<0.05). In conclusion, AR content differs greatly between human neck and limb muscles. Moreover, the regulation of AR-containing myonuclei following training and self-administration of androgenic-anabolic steroids is muscle dependent.
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- Eriksson, Anders, et al.
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Dansk-svenskt rättsmedicinskt arbete i Kosovo, 1999. : II. Rättsmedicinska fynd och erfarenheter
- 2000
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Ingår i: Nordisk Rettsmedicin - Scandinavian Journal of Forensic Science. ; 6, s. 74-79
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- På begäran av FN arbetade danska och svenska rättsmedicinska team i Kosovo under sommaren och hösten 1999. Totalt undersöktes 308 kroppar, och då 1-18 månader passerat sedan dödsfallet var kropparna i flertalet fall stadda i avancerad förruttnelse. Arbetet företogs framförallt som mobilt teamarbete med obduktion på platser med 1-5 gravar, men på ett par större gravplatser med 62 respektive 31 döda utfördes arbetet på ett mer traditionellt, stationärt sätt. De flesta avlidna återfanns i separata gravar, ett mindre antal återfanns i gemensamma gravar, medan inga egentliga massgravar blev föremål för våra undersökningar. Huvuduppgiften vid ICTYs utredning av krigsförbrytelser var att fastställa dödsorsaken, medan personidentifiering ansågs vara av sekundär betydelse. Majoriteten av de avlidna var dock identifierade redan före obduktionen.Åldern på de undersökta varierade mellan 5 och 101 år och dominerades av män, vilka företedde en relativt jämn åldersfördelning i åldrarna 20-70 år. Den vanligaste dödsorsaken var skottskador och det vanligaste dödssättet var homicid.Resultatet av undersökningarna har överlämnats till ICTY som en del av bevisningen i de åtal om krigsförbrytelser som kan väntas.
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- Eriksson, Anders, et al.
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Dansk-svenskt rättsmedicinskt arbete i Kosovo, 1999. : I. Administrativa erfarenheter
- 2000
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Ingår i: Nordisk Rettsmedisin - Scandinavian Journal of Forensic Science. ; 6, s. 69-73
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- De danska och svenska regeringarna sände på begäran av FN rättsmedicinska team till Kosovo under sommaren och hösten 1999. Dessa team bestod i princip av rättsläkare och assistenter, men andra team med kriminaltekniker arbetad nära de rättsmedicinska teamen.Förberedelsetiden var kort och kaotisk, och inledningsvis gjordes många administrativa misstag. De första teamen visste exempelvis inte vart de skulle resa, när de skulle resa, vad de skulle göra, eller hur de skulle göra det. Efter ankomst till ICTYs högkvarter i Skopje, och efter omfattande byråkratiska övningar i Pristina, fördes vi så småningom till Pejë (Pec) i Kosovos västra del. Vi arbetade i huvudsak i denna region från slutet av juli till slutet av oktober, i regel i 2 veckor långa perioder. I de flesta fallen kunde vi få en viss tidsmässig överlappning mellan teamen, vilket var fördelaktigt för informationsöverföringen.Förslag till lösningar på de problem som förelegat har framförts till de berörda myndigheterna, och förhoppningen är att våra erfarenheter ska kunna ligga till grund vid planering av framtida missioner av liknande slag.
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- Eriksson, Anders, et al.
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Work-place homicide by bow and arrow.
- 2000
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Ingår i: Journal of forensic sciences. - 0022-1198. ; 45:4, s. 911-6
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Arrow wounds represent an unusual class of wounds rarely seen by most forensic pathologists. In this paper we present a case of homicide by bow and arrow and the characteristics of such injuries. The essential characteristics of the lesions obtained from conically-tapered field points and from hunting broadhead tips are described and discussed in relation to injuries caused by firearm bullets. In the present case, three arrows struck the victim, and the order in which the injuries were sustained are analyzed. We also discuss the possibilities of localizing the shooter relative to the victim by analysis of the trajectories.
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- Sjögren, Harmeet, et al.
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Alcohol and unnatural deaths in Sweden: a medico-legal autopsy study.
- 2000
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Ingår i: Journal of Studies on Alcohol. - 0096-882X. ; 61:4, s. 507-14
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- OBJECTIVE: To investigate alcohol involvement in all types of unnatural deaths in Sweden. METHOD: All cases of unnatural death that underwent medico-legal autopsies (1992-1996) in Sweden were analyzed (N = 15,630; i.e., 68% of all unnatural deaths). Alcohol was regarded as contributing to the death if: (1) there was any indication that the deceased was a "known alcoholic"; (2) the underlying or contributing causes of death were alcohol-related; (3) the deceased had alcohol-related inpatient diagnosis during a period of 3 years prior to death; or (4) the case tested positive for blood alcohol. RESULTS: Thirty-nine percent of the blood-tested cases (n = 13,099) were positive for alcohol. Almost 40% of the unnatural deaths were associated with alcohol. Alcohol involvement was most common in the intoxication group (84%), followed by the "undetermined" (65%), homicide (55%), fall (48%), fire (44%), asphyxia (41%), suicide (35%) and traffic (22%) groups. More than half (52%) of the deaths in the age group 30-60 years, 35% of those aged 0-29 years and 25% of those aged 60 and over were associated with alcohol. CONCLUSIONS: In Sweden, two of five unnatural deaths are associated with alcohol; this is a conservative estimate. Alcohol-associated mortality varies considerably between different groups of external causes of death, between men and women, and with age.
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- Sjögren, Harmeet, et al.
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Role of alcohol in unnatural deaths: a study of all deaths in Sweden.
- 2000
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Ingår i: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research. - 0145-6008. ; 24:7, s. 1050-6
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Most previous research has concentrated on the role of alcohol in one type of unnatural death in a selected population, but the present objective was to investigate the role of alcohol in all unnatural deaths (autopsied and not autopsied). METHODS: All cases of unnatural death from 1992 through 1996 in Sweden were analyzed (n = 23,132). Death was attributed at least in part to alcohol if the deceased was a "known alcoholic"; if the underlying or contributing cause of death was alcohol-related; if the deceased had an alcohol-related inpatient diagnosis during the 3-year period prior to death; or if the deceased tested positive for blood alcohol. RESULTS: Just over 28% of the unnatural deaths could be associated with alcohol; the association with alcohol was more than twice as common in deaths of males (35%) as in females (16%). When only autopsied cases or only blood-tested cases were taken as the denominators, 38% and 44%, respectively, of the deaths were associated with alcohol. Alcohol involvement also was twice as common in intentional deaths (36%) as in unintentional deaths (18%). The intoxication group (78%) had the highest fraction of deaths that could be associated with alcohol, followed by the undetermined group (62%), homicide (49%), fire (41%), suicide (35%), asphyxia (29%), traffic (18%) and fall (9%) groups. In the 20- to 59-year age group, alcohol involvement was found in 51% of the males and 35% of the females (47% for males and females combined). CONCLUSIONS: The present estimates are conservative; alcohol involvement in unnatural deaths probably is even higher, up to 44% of the total. The present estimation is an important step in policy-making to lower the number of alcohol-related deaths in Sweden.
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- Timby, Niklas, et al.
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Gamma-hydroxybutyrate associated deaths.
- 2000
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Ingår i: American Journal of Medicine. - 0002-9343. ; 108:6, s. 518-9
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