Witchcraft in Transkei region of South African: Case report

African Health Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-64

  Meel, B L ^a  

^a WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Homicide; Unnatural deaths; Witchcraft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUTOPSY; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEATH; EUROPE; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LAW; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; VICTIM; WITCHCRAFT; WOUND; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; WITCHCRAFT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77949397779     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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