Medicolegal autopsies in North Central Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 626-630

  Mandong, B M ^a   Manasseh, A N ^a   Ugwu, B T ^b  

^a Department of Pathology ^*  (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CRIME; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34248679030     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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