Analysis of the clinical and post-mortem assessment of the underlying cause of death in 742 autopsies showed that over- and underdiagnosis cancelled each other out in the majority of the main diagnostic groups, so there was little difference in the total number of cases recorded in the different gro
Evaluation of post-mortem oxymetry with reference to the causes of death
β Scribed by Hitoshi Maeda; Kazunori Fukita; Shigeki Oritani; Kaori Ishida; Bao-Li Zhu
- Book ID
- 108456072
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 535 KB
- Volume
- 87
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0379-0738
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