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. 2013 May;19(5):821-2.
doi: 10.3201/eid1905.121661.

Infectious disease surveillance by medical examiners and coroners

Dianna M Blau, Steven C Clark, Kurt B Nolte; National Association of Medical Examiners Ad-hoc Committee for Bioterrorism and Infectious Diseases

Infectious disease surveillance by medical examiners and coroners

Dianna M Blau et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: autopsy; coroners; infectious disease; medical examiners; surveillance.

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