Official Journal of the Japanese Society of Legal Medicine.

Legal Medicine provides an international forum for the publication of original articles, reviews and correspondence on subjects that cover practical and theoretical areas of interest relating to the wide range of legal medicine.



Subjects covered include forensic pathology, toxicology, odontology, anthropology, criminalistics, immunochemistry, hemogenetics and forensic aspects of biological science with emphasis on DNA analysis and molecular biology. Submissions dealing with medicolegal problems such as malpractice, insurance, child abuse or ethics in medical practice are also acceptable.

Research papers
Short Communication
Review Article
Announcement of population data
Correspondence

Editor-in-Chief
T. Kondo
Department of legal medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Ki-Miidera, 641-8509, Wakayama, Japan Phone +81-73-441-0641 Email T. Kondo
Emeritus Editor-in-Chief
N. Ikeda
Department of Forensic Pathology and Science, Kyushu University, Maidashi 3-1-1, Higashi-ku, 812-8582, Fukuoka, Japan
A. Takatsu
Department of Forensic Science, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-Ku, 105-8461, Tokyo, Japan
Editors
Y. Aoki
Nagoya, Japan
B. Budowle
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
R. Cecchi
Parma, Italy
A. Ishii
Nagoya, Japan
W. Keil
Zurich, Switzerland
Y. Kominato
Maebashi, Japan
K. Minaguchi
Tokyo, Japan
K. Sakurada
Kashiwa, Japan
K. Tamaki
Kyoto, Japan
Editorial Board
A. Akane
Osaka, Japan
T. Bajanowski
Essen, Germany
Y. Bunai
Gifu, Japan
A. Busuttil
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
P.K. Chattopadhyay
Noida, India
J.G. Clement
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
S. Cordner
South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
V.J.M. Di Maio
San Antonio, Texas, USA
J. Ferris
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
A. Fiori
Rome, Italy
M. Funayama
Sendai, Japan
P. Gill
Solihull, England, UK
J.I. Hirovnen
Oulu, France
M.Y. Iscan
Istanbul, Turkey
R. James
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
P. K. Kintz
Mittelhausbergen, France
S. Kubo
Fukuoka, Japan
H. Maeda
Osaka, Japan
H. Matsumoto
Sapporo, Japan
M. Ogata
Kagoshima, Japan
D.J. Pounder
Dundee, Scotland, UK
K. Saito
Saitama, Japan
P. Saukko
Turku, Finland
M. Tsokos
Berlin, Germany
T. Varga
Szeged, Hungary
N. Von Wurmb-Schwank
Hamburg, Germany
K. Wozniak
Krakow, Poland
T. Yasuda
Fukui, Japan