"A preliminary analysis of medicolegal autopsies performed over five years in a rural health district of Maharashtra state of India"

Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-46

  Batra, A K ^a   Dongre, A P ^a  

^a Shri VN Govt Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Medicolegal autopsy; Rural India; Rural Maharashtra; Yavatmal

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AWARENESS; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEATH; FEMALE; GENDER; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTOXICATION; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SUICIDE;

EID: 0037528755     PISSN: 09711929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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