The vanishing nonforensic autopsy.

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Published in N Engl J Med on February 28, 2008

Authors

Kaveh G Shojania1, Elizabeth C Burton

Author Affiliations

1: University of Ottawa and Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa.

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