A study of sudden natural deaths in medico legal autopsies in University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 151-154

  Kumar, Virendra ^a   San, Kang Pei ^a   Idwan, Anuar ^a   Shah, Norazlan ^a   Hajar, Siti ^a   Norkahfi, Mohamad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Semiskilled unskilled group; Sudden natural deaths

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SUDDEN DEATH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEATH, SUDDEN; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33847401020     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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