Should Pathologists be Reporting Forensic CT Scans?

Academic Forensic Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 198-201

  Bedford, Paul J ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forensic pathology; Tomography; X ray computed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883829870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19253621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23907/2012.028     Document Type: Article

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