Organ and Tissue Retention

Academic Forensic Pathology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 294-300

  Haden Pinneri, Kathryn ^a,b   Weedn, Victor W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forensic pathology; Litigation; Medical examiner coroner; Organ retention; Property rights; Tissue retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892670529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19253621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23907/2013.039     Document Type: Article

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