Attack for aquatic animals (shark and alligator). Report of two fatal cases in the Bocas del Toro province (Panama);Ataque por animales acuáticos (tiburón y cocodrilo). A propósito de dos casos fatales en la provincia de bocas del toro (Panamá)

Cuadernos de Medicina Forense

Volumn , Issue 58, 2009, Pages 309-315

  Mendieta, C ^a   Duarte, A ^a  

^a Instituto de Medicina Legal   (Panama)

Author keywords

Alligator; Attack; Bites; Forensic pathology; Shark

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149098243     PISSN: 11357606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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