1. A discourse on human hair fibers and reflections on the conservation of drug molecules

   • L. Pötsch

   Review Article Pages: 285 - 293

2. Concentrations of Δ⁹-tetrahydrocannabinol, cocaine and 6-monoacetylmorphine in hair of drug abusers

   • G. Kauert
   • J. Röhrich

   Original article Pages: 294 - 299

3. Population genetics of STR loci in Caucasians

   • D. J. Balding
   • M. Greenhalgh
   • R. A. Nichols

   Original Article Pages: 300 - 305

4. Semiparametric approach to match probability calculations using single locus probes

   • R. Cao
   • J. Alemany
   • A. Carracedo

   Original Article Pages: 306 - 312

5. Failed PCR amplifications of MBP-STR alleles due to polymorphism in the primer annealing region

   • Leonor Gusmão
   • António Amorim
   • Angel Carracedo

   Original Article Pages: 313 - 315

6. The STR systems HumVWA and HumACTBP2 in a Hungarian population

   • K. Csete
   • T. Varga
   • M. Schürenkamp

   Short Communication Pages: 316 - 317

7. Population study of the STRs HUMTH01 (including a new variant) and HUMVWA31A in Catalonia (northeast Spain)

   • M. Gené
   • E. Huguet
   • J. Corbella

   Short Communication Pages: 318 - 320

8. Allele detection and population study in Japanese using two STR loci (CYP19 and HUMTH01)

   • Masanori Takahashi
   • Yukie Kato
   • Shigetaro Kamiyama

   Short Communication Pages: 321 - 322

9. The detection of picoplankton 16S rDNA in cases of drowning

   • M. Kane
   • T. Fukunaga
   • K. Nishi

   Short Communication Pages: 323 - 326

10. Evaluation of the emotional state shortly before death -science-fiction or a new challenge?

    • Tomasz Gos
    • Roman Hauser

    Letter to the Editors Pages: 327 - 328