Adult autopsies in a French university hospital (CHU Amiens) for the period 1975-2005;Les autopsies d'adultes au CHU d'Amiens durant la période 1975-2005

Annales de Pathologie

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 269-283

  Chatelain, Denis ^a   Brevet, Marie ^a   Guernou, Malika ^a   Manaouil, Cécile ^a   Leclercq, Fabienne ^a   Bruniau, Alexis ^a   Cordonnier, Carole ^a   Sevestre, Henri ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Pathologist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGIST; PATHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 37249068881     PISSN: 02426498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0242-6498(07)73896-8     Document Type: Article

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