Audit of necropsy reporting in East Anglia

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 691-694

  Williams, J O ^a,b   Goddard, M J ^a   Gresham, G A ^a   Wyatt, B A ^a  

^a E Anglia Reg Clinical Audit Team   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Guidelines; Necropsy

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030767164     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.50.8.691     Document Type: Article

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