Sins of our fathers: Two of the four doctors and their roles in the development of techniques to permit covert autopsies

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1969-1974

  Wright Jr , James R ^a  

^a CALGARY LABORATORY SERVICES   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

AUTOPSY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73949085287     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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