Air crash investigation for histopathologists

Essentials of Autopsy Practice: Topical Developments, Trends and Advances

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 113-133

  Maidment, Graeme ^a  

^a RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84857667961     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-835-7_6     Document Type: Chapter

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