This article gives guidance for the handling and examination of various types of lung tissue specimens to provide: (1) accurate diagnosis and assessment of severity of disease; (2) suYcient information for the accurate staging of tumours; and (3) an assessment of the contribution of various occupational disorders to the cause of death. (J Clin Pathol 2000;53:507–512)

OBJECTIVES To determine the specific clinical aspects of patients with suicidal behaviour by firearm and investigate the specificities of the suicide method. BACKGROUND Suicidal behaviour represents a major public health problem throughout the world. Attempted suicide and completed suicide by firearms rates are very high both in Europe and in the United States. Preventive aspects presently pr...

PURPOSE To determine the incidence of exercise-associated hyponatremia (EAH), the associated biochemical measurements and risk factors for EAH, and whether there is an association between postrace blood sodium concentration ([Na+]) and changes in body mass among participants in the 2009 Western States Endurance Run, a 161-km mountain trail run. METHODS Change in body mass, postrace [Na+], and...

BACKGROUND Actinic cheilitis (AC) is a potentially malignant disorder of the lip caused by chronic exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the clinical, demographic, morphological and therapeutic management in AC cases data associating to the histopathological grading. METHODS Demographic, clinical and management data of 161 patients with AC were analyzed. In ...

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Sequential experimental studies are reviewed which, when properly integrated, confirm the concept that the responses of the ventricles, however measured, are determined by the initial length of fibers, provided that the functional state of the myocardium is not altered. Some of the established factors are discussed which may obscure the evidence that this basic law is of importance under normal...

1 Swiss Centre for International Health, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland 2 Health Economics Research Group, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK 3 School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK 4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand 5 Department of Biostatistics and Demography, Khon Kaen Uni...