Sudden and unexpected deaths in an adult population, Cape Town, South Africa, 2001-2005

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 90-94

  Tiemensma, Marianne ^a   Burger, Elsie Helena ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; SUDDEN DEATH; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 84856591005     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.5363     Document Type: Article

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