Death due to traumatic railway injury

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-160

  Mohanty, Manoj Kumar ^a   Panigrahi, Manoj Kumar ^b   Mohanty, Sachidananda ^c   Patnaik, Kiran Kumar ^c  

^a Dr Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Foundation   (India)

^b HINDU RAO HOSPITAL   (India)

^c MKCG MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

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EID: 34249086317     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.47.2.156     Document Type: Review

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