Sudden unexpected non-violent death between 1 and 19 years in north Spain

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 456-461

  Morentin, Benito ^a   Aguilera, Beatriz ^b   Garamendi, Pedro Manuel ^a   Suarez Mier, M Paz ^b  

^a Forensic Anatomic Institute   (Spain)

^b Institute of Toxicology   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN;

EID: 0034120705     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.82.6.456     Document Type: Article

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