Drowning deaths in Mthatha area of South Africa

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 329-332

  Meel, B L ^a  

^a WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 57149119919     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.48.4.329     Document Type: Article

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