Causes of death, determined by autopsy, in previously healthy (or near-healthy) children presenting to a children's hospital

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1780-1785

  Taggart, Melissa W ^a   Craver, Randall ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOUISIANA; MALE;

EID: 33845410503     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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