Search Results - "Merelli, Vera"
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Twenty-five years of unidentified bodies: an account from Milano, Italy
Published in International journal of legal medicine (01-09-2021)“…The identification of decedents has always been a central issue in forensic pathology, for ethical, criminal, and administrative reasons, but today, it needs…”
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Analysis of interrater reliability in age assessment of minors: how does expertise influence the evaluation?
Published in International journal of legal medicine (01-01-2022)“…Nowadays, the clinical forensic medical management of migration flows comprises the age assessment of unaccompanied minors. The process of age estimation is a…”
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The Frequency of Cranial Base Fractures in Lethal Head Trauma
Published in Journal of forensic sciences (01-01-2020)“…The interpretation of cranial base injuries has never been investigated from a purely anthropological perspective. Very little exists in forensic literature in…”
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Older adult abuse in a service for sexual and domestic violence: Medico-legal implications from the experience of an Italian center
Published in Forensic science international (01-09-2022)“…Older adults are subject to vulnerability and abusive behaviors have serious negative health consequences. Since the phenomenon is underestimated, several…”
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Sexual assault and abuse committed against family members: An analysis of 1342 legal outcomes and their motivations
Published in PloS one (29-06-2021)“…Background Over the past years medical centres specifically addressed in gender-based violence have developed protocols for the collections of evidence useful…”
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A new formula for assessing skeletal age in growing infants and children by measuring carpals and epiphyses of radio and ulna
Published in Journal of forensic and legal medicine (01-04-2016)“…Abstract The aim of this study is to develop a specific formula for the purpose of assessing skeletal age in a sample of Italian growing infants and children…”
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Age estimation in the living: A scoping review of population data for skeletal and dental methods
Published in Forensic science international (01-03-2021)“…•Methods for age estimation in the living should be tested on different populations.•A scoping review on population data for age estimation methods was…”
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Skin surface debris as an archive of environmental traces: an investigation through the naked eye, episcopic microscope, ED-XRF, and SEM–EDX
Published in International journal of legal medicine (2024)“…Traces from bodies can be of various nature, for example of biological or inorganic origin. Some of these historically have received more consideration than…”
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Similarity and Differences in Sexual Violence Against Adolescents and Adult Women: The Need to Focus on Adolescent Victims
Published in Journal of pediatric & adolescent gynecology (01-06-2021)“…To explore whether there are differences in characteristics, clinical findings and management in cases of sexual violence in adolescent and adult women…”
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Pellet gun trauma: An unusual and unexpected type of bone lesion
Published in Journal of forensic and legal medicine (01-05-2022)“…Non-powder guns in general, and especially pellet guns are acknowledged to cause important injuries, also on bone tissue. However, pellet gun-related injuries…”
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Toxicological analysis in victims of sexual and domestic violence: A retrospective study of a 3-year period (2018–2020)
Published in Journal of forensic and legal medicine (01-10-2023)“…This manuscript presents an epidemiological investigation carried out on abuse victims who accessed the Sexual and Domestic Violence Service (SVS&D) of IRCCS…”
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Look before washing and cleaning: A caveat to pathologists and anthropologists
Published in Journal of forensic and legal medicine (01-04-2021)“…Partially or totally skeletonized bodies are undoubtedly the most challenging scenario to deal with for forensic pathologists and anthropologists. Indeed, in…”
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The Applicability of the Lamendin Method to Skeletal Remains Buried for a 16-Year Period: A Cautionary Note
Published in Journal of forensic sciences (01-01-2015)“…The Lamendin method is widely reported as one of the most reliable means of age estimation of skeletal remains, but very little is known concerning the…”
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The medico-legal assessment of asylum seeker victims in Italy
Published in Torture (2019)“…Changing patterns of migration has required states and governments to respond to the specific medical and legal needs of asylum seekers. Based on medical…”
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The Applicability of the L amendin Method to Skeletal Remains Buried for a 16‐Year Period: A Cautionary Note
Published in Journal of forensic sciences (01-01-2015)“…Abstract The L amendin method is widely reported as one of the most reliable means of age estimation of skeletal remains, but very little is known concerning…”
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