Possibilities of comparing clinical and postmortem diagnoses

Forensic Science International

Volumn 103, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Ermenc, Branko ^a   Dolenc, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cause of death statement; Death certificate; Inaccurate clinical diagnosis; Injuries and causes of death; International classification of diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA;

EID: 0032773204     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(99)00065-1     Document Type: Article

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