Protocol for writing cause-of-death statements for deaths due to natural causes

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-26

  Hanzlick, Randy ^a  

^a Molecular Pathology Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORONER; DEATH CERTIFICATE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; WRITING;

EID: 0030034269     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.1.25     Document Type: Article

References (7)

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