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Services for government and information on VIFM services currently provided to government.
Toxicology Services Toxicology is the analysis of drugs and poisons in biological tissues.
Clinical liaison This is a unique service set up to review all aspects of possible adverse events in health care institutions and address the underlying system factors that cause or contribute to these events through advice to the state coroners
Entomology The VIFM can provide a professional entomology service including insect identification and the interpretation of insect evidence
Anthropology Forensic anthropology is the field of study concerned with the analysis of human skeletal remains for medico-legal purposes. The forensic anthropologist analyses differentially preserved human remains to assist with addressing questions of ancestry, sex, age and stature. In addition, the forensic anthropologist examines the remains for evidence of skeletal alterations and comments, where possible, on whether such alterations occurred, ante-, peri- or post-mortem. Forensic anthropology services are provided by Human Identification Services (HIS).
Odontology The forensic odontology discipline is well recognised as one that assists in the identification of the deceased. The Odontology section is within Human Identification Services (HIS) based at the VIFM

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