Medico-legal autopsies in Denmark

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Larsen, Sara Tangmose ^a   Lynnerup, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; LEGAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

AUTOPSY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79952423646     PISSN: 16039629     EISSN: 16039629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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