Sudden death on an aeroplane

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 148-149

  Tiemensma, M ^a   Buys, Philip ^b   Wadee, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b South African Society of Aerospace and Environmental Medicine   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 77949413499     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.3891     Document Type: Article

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