State Medical Examiner Systems, 2013: Staffing, Autopsies, Strengths, Limitations, and Needs

Academic Forensic Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-31

  Gill, James R ^a,b  

^a State of Connecticut   (United States)

^b National Association of Medical Examiners Ad Hoc State Medical Examiner Committee   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Coroners; Death investigation; Death investigation systems; Forensic Pathology; Medical examiners

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009258803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19253621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23907/2014.004     Document Type: Review

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