Minimally Invasive Autopsy: A New Paradigm for Understanding Global Health?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Byass, Peter ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; VALIDITY; GLOBAL HEALTH; PROCEDURES;

AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS;

EID: 84999737972     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002173     Document Type: Article

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