Sudden unexplained death syndrome

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-51

  Elfawal, M A ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNDROME;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH, SUDDEN; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SYNDROME;

EID: 0033628797     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580240004000110     Document Type: Article

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