A prospective study of 1152 hospital autopsies: I. Inaccuracies in death certification

The Journal of Pathology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 1981, Pages 273-283

  Cameron, H M ^a   McGoogan, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY;

EID: 0019431464     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: 10969896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.1711330402     Document Type: Article

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