Toxicology: What is Routine for Medicolegal Death Investigation Purposes?

Academic Forensic Pathology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-31

  Cina, Stephen J ^a,b,c   Collins, Kim A ^b,c   Goldberger, Bruce A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b University School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical toxicology; Autopsy; Forensic pathology; Forensic science; Forensic toxicology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874115666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19253621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23907/2011.005     Document Type: Review

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