Deaths due to drowning in Punjab - A survey [2005 to 2006]

Medico-Legal Update

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-23

  Thakar, Mukesh Kumar ^a   Sahota, Sandeep Singh ^a   Singh, Rajvinder ^a  

^a PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DROWNING; FEMALE; GENDER; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SUICIDE;

EID: 63249104489     PISSN: 0971720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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