Causes of sudden natural death in Jamaica: A medicolegal (coroner's) autopsy study from the University Hospital of the West Indies

Forensic Science International

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 116-121

  Escoffery, C T ^a   Shirley, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Cause of death; Coroner's; Jamaica; Medicolegal; Natural deaths; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; JAMAICA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SUDDEN DEATH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0037179924     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00268-2     Document Type: Article

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