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Forensic pathology

Stephen Cordner and Roger W Byard
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (1): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04246.x
Published online: 7 January 2002

Forensic pathology is the application of the principles and practice of pathology to the needs of the courts, or, more broadly, the law.


  • 1 Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC.
  • 2 Forensic Science Centre, Adelaide, SA.


Correspondence: stephen@vifp.monash.edu.au

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  • 2. Mitchell E, Krous HF, Donald T, Byard RW. An analysis of the usefulness of specific stages in the pathological investigation of sudden infant death. Am J Forensic Med Pathol 2000; 21: 395-400.
  • 3. Byard RW, Cole SD. Sudden death in infancy, childhood and adolescence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.

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