Investigation of elderly deaths in nursing homes by the medical examiner over a year

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-212

  Gruszecki, Amy C ^a,b   Edwards, Julieanna ^b   Powers, Richard E ^a,c   Davis, Gregory G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Jefferson County Coroner Medical Examiner   (United States)

^c State of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONER; DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NURSING HOME; PARAMEDICAL DISCIPLINES; POLICE; SUDDEN DEATH; UNEXPECTED DEATH; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALABAMA; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MORTALITY; NURSING HOMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4344699283     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.paf.0000127395.82329.c7     Document Type: Article

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