Autopsy in modern medicine;Autopsie und moderne medizin

Praxis

Volumn 88, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 861-867

  Moch, H ^a   Wegmann, W ^b   Mihatsch, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonales Inst fur Pathol Liestal   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; MORTALITY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; MORTALITY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0033528843     PISSN: 16618157     EISSN: 16618165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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