Discrepancies between clinical and post-mortem diagnoses of causes of death

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 287-292

  Ermenc, Branko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; SLOVENIA;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; SLOVENIA;

EID: 0033203670     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249903900404     Document Type: Article

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