Unexplained and explained natural deaths among persons above 1 year of age in a series of medico-legal autopsies

Forensic Science International

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 89-98

  Nordrum, Ivar ^a   Eide, Tor J ^a   Jørgensen, Leif ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Dept Morphology Inst Med B   (Norway)

Author keywords

Forensic pathology; Medico legal autopsy; Natural death; Unexplained death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EPILEPSY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0032507716     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(98)00033-4     Document Type: Article

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