Retrospective analysis of anaesthesia-related deaths during a 12-year period: Looking at the data from a forensic point of view

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 112-115

  Turillazzi, E ^a   Bello, S ^a   Bonsignore, A ^a   Neri, M ^a   Riezzo, I ^a   Fineschi, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

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EID: 84859170744     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/msl.2011.011074     Document Type: Review

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