Community study of the causes of 'natural' sudden death

British Medical Journal

Volumn 297, Issue 6661, 1988, Pages 1453-1456

  Thomas, A C ^a   Knapman, P A ^a   Krikler, D M ^a   Davies, M J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; AORTA ANEURYSM; AUTOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0024205817     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.297.6661.1453     Document Type: Article

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