Publications

2024

  • Davies B, du Toit C, Hlela, MBKM. Fire deaths in Cape Town, South Africa: A retrospective review of medico-legal and toxicological findings (2006 - 2018). Burns, 50(4), 1011–1023. 
     

2023

  • Bachan V, Molefe I, Davies B. Investigating blood alcohol concentrations in injury-related deaths before and during the COVID-19 National lockdown in Western Cape, South Africa: A cross-sectional retrospective review. South African Medical Journal, 2023; 5;113(6):50-56.
  • Muleya J, Vuko L, Mader J, Davies B. Thoracic cavity fluid as an alternative specimen for carboxyhaemoglobin measurement in post-mortem toxicology. Forensic Science International, 2023; Vol. 349, 111731.
  • Davies B, Hlela MBKM, Rother HA.Child and adolescent mortality associated with pesticide toxicity in Cape Town, South Africa, 2010-2019: a retrospective case review. BMC Public Health, 2023; 23:792.
     

2022

  • Hlela MBKM, du Toit C, Davies B. The role of alcohol and drug intoxication in fire-related incidents in Africa: a systematic review. Ann. Burns Fire Disasters, 2022; 35(4): 278-299.
     

2020

  • Liebenberg J, Du Toit-Prinsloo L, Steenkamp V, Saayman G. Prevalence and profile of drugs and alcohol in fatally injured drivers in Pretoria, South Africa. African Safety Promotion, 2020, Vol. 18, No. 1.
     

2019

  • Auckloo MBKM, Davies BB. Post-mortem toxicology in violent fatalities in Cape Town, South Africa: A preliminary investigation. J Forensic Leg Med, 2019;63:18-25.
  • Liebenberg J, Du Toit-Prinsloo L, Steenkamp V, Saayman G. Drugged driving in South Africa: an urgent need for review and reform. SA Crime Quaterly, 2019, No. 67.
     

2018

  • du Toit C, Martin LJ, Heathfield LJ. Investigation into abandoned neonates admitted to Salt River Forensic Pathology Mortuary, Cape Town. Forensic Sci Int, 2018, 292:232-241.
  • Tiemensma M, Davies B. Investigating drug-facilitated sexual assault at a dedicated forensic centre in Cape Town, South Africa. Forensic Sci Int, 2018, 288:115-122.
     

2016

  • Liebenberg J, Du Toit-Prinsloo L, Steenkamp V, Saayman G. Fatalities involving illicit drug use in Pretoria, South Africa, for the period 2003 - 2012. S Afr Med J, 2016, 106(10):1051-1055. 
  • Davies BB, Bayard C, Larson SJ, Zarwell LW, Mitchell RA. Retrospective analysis of synthetic cannabinoid metabolites in urine of individuals suspected of driving impaired. J Anal Toxicol, 2016, 40(2):89-96.