Publications 2003

2002

Anastos, N., McIntyre, I., Lynch, M.J., Drummer, O.H. Postmortem concentrations of Citalopram. J Forensic Sciences, 2002. 47(4): p. 882-884.

Boratto, M., I. McIntyre, and O. Drummer. The correlation between postmortem benzo-diazepine blood and liver concentrations. In Proceedings of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT) 2002. Paris.

Caplehorn, J.R. and O.H. Drummer, Methadone dose and post-mortem blood concentration. Drug and Alcohol Review, 2002. 21: p. 329-333.

Boratto, Mary, The 40th meeting of the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT). Paris.
Presentation title: The Correlation between Post-mortem Benzodiazepine Blood and Liver Concentrations. Aug 02

Caplehorn, J.R. and O.H. Drummer, Fatal methadone toxicity: signs and circumstances, and the role of benzodiazepines. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2002. 26(4): p. 358-362.

Chu, M. and Drummer O.H., Determination of 9THC in whole blood using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. J Anal Toxicol, 2002. 26(8): p. 575-581.

Cordner, S.M. and H. McKelvie, Developing standards in international forensic work to identify missing persons. International Review of the Red Cross, 2002. 84(848): p. 867-884.

Gerostamoulos, J., McCaffrey, P., Drummer, O.H., Potter, J., Fitzgerald, M., Odell, M. Drug Prevalence in Road Trauma Victims in Victoria. In Proceedings of The International Council on Alcohol Drugs & Traffic Safety. 2002. Montreal, Canada.

Gerostamoulos, J., P. McCaffrey, and O.H. Drummer. Driving under the influence of drugs in Victoria, Australia. In Proceedings of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. 2002. Paris.

Gerostamoulos, J., M. Lynch, and O.H. Drummer. Toxicity of Flecainide. In Proceedings of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. 2002. Paris.

Jackman, G.P., Iakovidis, D., Nero, T.L., Anavekar, N.S., Rezmann-Vitti, L.A., Louis, A., Mori, M., Drummer, O.H., Louis, W.J. Synthesis, ß-adrenoceptor pharmacology and toxicology of S-(-)-1-(4-(2-ethoxyethoxy)phenoxy)-2-hydroxy-3-(2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethylamino) propane hydrochloride, a short acting ß1-specific antagonist. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2002. 37: p. 731-741.

Llewellyn, L.E., Dodd, M.J., Robertson, A., Ericson, G., de Koning, C., Negri, A.P. Post-mortem analysis of samples from a human victim of a fatal poisoning caused by the xanthid crab, Zosimus aeneus. Toxicon, 2002. 40: p. 1463-1469

Lynch, M.J., The Autopsy: Legal and Ethical Principles. Pathology, 2002. 34: p. 67-70.

Odell, M. Expert opinions in DUID cases based on interpretation of observations and toxicology. In Proceedings of The Interna-tional Council on Alcohol Drugs & Traffic Safety, 4-9 August, 2002. 2002. Montreal, Canada.

Peasley, K., Wood, S. Developing and Managing the National Coroners Information System for Australia. Health Information Management Journal, 2002. 31 (1).

Ranson, D.L., Medical Issues: Review of death investigation and certification in the United Kingdom. Journal of Law and Medicine, 2002. 10 (2): p. 155-157.

Robertson, S.D., Medical Issues. Anthrax. Journal of Law and Medicine, 2002. 9(3): p. 273-4.

2003

Archer, M.S., Elgar, M.A. Yearly activity patterns in southern Victoria (Australia) of seasonally active carrion insects. Forensic Science International. 2003. 132. p 173-176.

Archer, M.S., Elgar, M.A. Female breeding site preferences and larval feeding strategies of carrion-breeding Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae (Diptera): a quantitative analysis. Australian Journal of Zoology. 2003. 51. p 165-174.

Beard, J., McKelvie, H, O'Brien, P. Managing a changing ethical environment - ethics approval for the use of human tissue at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine. in AHEC Ethics in Human Research. 2003. Canberra.

Beard, J. Lessons Learnt (Abstract). in AHEC Ethics in Human Research. 2003. Canberra.

Cordner, S., Suicide, accident, murder or natural death, in Forensic Medicine - Clinical and Pathological Aspects, A.B. J. Payne-James, W. Smock, Editor. 2003, Greenwich Medical Media Ltd, London: London. p. 133-147.

Drummer, O.H., Pharmacology and Toxicology, in Medical-Legal Aspects of Drugs, B. M., Editor. 2003, Lawyers and Judges Publishing Co Inc. USA: Tuscon, Arizona. p. 23-40.

Goeringer, K.E., I.M. McIntyre, and O.H. Drummer, LC-MS Analysis of Serotonergic drugs. Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 2003. 27(1): p. 30-35.

Hinwood, A.L., Sim, M.R., Jolley, D., de Klerk, N., Bastone, E.B., Gerostamoulos, J., Drummer, O.H. Hair and toenail arsenic concentrations of residents living in areas with high environmental arsenic concentrations. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2003. v111 i2 p. 187(7).

Loff, B. and H. McKelvie, Australia shaken by complementary medicines recall. The Lancet, 2003. 361: p. 1710.

Ranson, D.L., Death investigation, in Forensic Medicine - Clinical and Pathological Aspects, A.B. J. Payne-James, W. Smock, Editor. 2003, Greenwich Medical Media Ltd, London: London. p. 13-25.

Rosenfeld, J.V., Rowan, D., McDermott, F., Tremayne, A., Maroulis, H. The preventability of “talk and die” head injury. ANZ. J. Surgery, 2003. 73 (Suppl.) Abstract.

Books

Cordner, S.M., Cause in Forensic Pathology: The Cause and Manner of Death in Causa-tion in Law and Medicine, ed. D. Mendelson, I. Freckelton. 2002: Dartmouth Publishing Company, England. 289-308.

Wells, D., Forensic Medicine: Issues in Causation, in Causation in Law and Medicine, ed. D. Mendelson, I. Freckelton. 2002: Dartmouth Publishing Company, England. 309-330.

Woods, W.B., Briggs, C., Donlon, D. Forensic Osteology. Chapter 35 in: Expert Evidence, H.Selby, I. Freckelton, Editor. Thompson, Lawbook Company. 2002. p. 3-601 to 3-802.

Reports

Ibrahim, J.E., Clinical Liaison Service. 2002, Journal of the Australasian Association for Quality in Health Care. p. Vol. 12(4) p 12. (Abstract/Short Report).

Ibrahim, J.E., McMillan, N., Grech, C., Bugeja, L., Ranson, D.L. The role of the Coronial process in initiatives for improving patient safety and quality of health care: Final report of a consultancy into the Coronial Death Investigation Process in Australia: its role in reviewing the safety and quality of health care provision. 2003, Report submitted to the Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Commonwealth Dept of Health and Ageing, Canberra. (Confidential Report).

In Press

Archer, M.S., Elgar, M.A. The effect of decomposition on carcass attendance in a guild of carrion-breeding flies. Medical & Veterinary Entomology. (In press).

Atchison, B. DNA statistics in Court. Law Society (NSW) Journal. (In press)

Burke, M.P. and K. Opeskin, Death by smothering following forced Quetiapine administra-tion in an infant. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. (In press)

Drummer, O.H., Pharmacokinetics, metabolism and the interpretation of results, in Clarke's Isolation and Identification of Drugs in pharmaceuticals, body fluids, and postmortem material. 3rd Edition, A.C. Moffat, Editor. Pharmaceutical Press: London. (In press)

Drummer, O.H., Gerostamoulos, J., Batziris, H., Chu, M., Caplehorn, J., Robertson, M.D., Swann, P. The involvement of drugs in drivers of motor vehicles killed in Australian road traffic crashes. Accident Analysis & Prevention. (In press)

Drummer, O.H., Gerostamoulos, J., Batziris, H., Chu, M., Caplehorn, J., Robertson, M.D., Swann, P. The incidence of drugs in drivers killed in Australian road traffic crashes. Forensic Science International. (In press)

Ireland, L., McKelvie, H. Tissue Banking in Australia. Advances in Tissue Banking, World Scientific. (In press)

McDermott, F.T., Rosenfeld, J.V., Laidlaw, J.D., Cordner, S.M., Tremayne, A. Evaluation of Management of Road Trauma Survivors with Brain Injury and Neurological Disability in Victoria. Journal of Trauma (In press)

Meaklim, J., Yang, J., Drummer, O.H., Killalea, S., Staikos, V., Rutherford, D., Horomidis, S., Ioannides-Demos, L., Lim, S., McLean, A.J., McNeil, J.J. Fenitrothion: toxicokinetics and toxicological evaluation in human volunteers. Environmental Health Perspectives, (In press)