When to Autopsy: Idealistic and Realistic Considerations

Academic Forensic Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 110-119

  Schultz, Daniel ^a  

^a Lifelink Tissue Bank   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Death certification; Death investigation; Epidemiology; Forensic pathology; Manner of death

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992196522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19253621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23907/2012.017     Document Type: Article

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