Pulmonary embolism: A case of sudden unexpected death in a psychiatric hospital

Legal Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 176-179

  Fujita, Masaki Q ^a   Zhu, Bao Li ^a   Quan, Li ^a   Ishida, Kaori ^a   Oritani, Shigeki ^a   Maeda, Histoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forensic pathology; Psychiatric disease; Pulmonary embolism; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644287830     PISSN: 13446223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1344-6223(99)80033-9     Document Type: Article

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