Forensic chemical study on human hair. IV. Identification of brand of hair sprays and hair growth promoters by components remaining on human hair, and example of forensic hair examination.

Frequency of Sodium Valproate-Induced Hair Loss and Curly Hair

Sodium valproate has been widely used by man as an antiepileptic drug. Hair loss and curly hair is a rare side effect of sodium valproate. We have conducted a prospective clinical study in the Department of Neurology in Shafa Hospital, Kerman, Iran for ten years (1994-2004). All 211 epileptic patients in our study were given sodium valproate as a single drug treatment. During the course of ther...

Forensic Human Hair Examination and Comparison in the 21st Century.

Forensic hair examination and comparison is often undervalued as evidence. Significant information can be developed from a thorough microscopic examination and comparison of human and animal hairs that can assist criminal and civil investigations. Animal hairs can be distinguished easily from human hairs and often can be specified to a genus, species, or even breed. Human hairs often can be ide...

Human Hair Studies: General Considerations of Hair Individualization and Its Forensic Importance

Examination, Analysis, and Application of Hair in Forensic Science - Animal Hair.

This article reviews the examination of animal hairs and their role in the forensic arena. The forensic examination of animal hair is a well-established discipline and has been so for two centuries. Examination is largely based on microscopy, which may enable the hair analyst to identify a hair as animal in origin, to characterize the hair to a particular species, and to conduct comparative exa...

Is Hair Reliable Forensic Evidence?

In 2009, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences published a report on the status of forensic science, identifying what they found to be disciplines of forensic science that lacked appropriate scientific basis. Those areas of forensic science, including fingerprints, firearms examination, crime scene reconstruction, bloodstain pattern interpretation, hair comparisons, odontology, and others, were...