Embalming: An art of preserving human body

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 554-557

  Bajracharya, S ^a   Magar, Angel ^a  

^a KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HUMECTANT; PHENOL; PRESERVATIVE; WATER;

CADAVER; HAZARD; HISTORY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; POSTHUMOUS CARE; REVIEW; TEACHING; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 41949139701     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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