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. 2019 Jan 1;154(1):87-88.
doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.2443.

Postmortem Incidence of Acute Surgical- and Trauma-Associated Pathologic Conditions in Prison Inmates in Miami Dade County, Florida

Alexander Busko  1 , Hahn Soe-Lin  1 , Cecily Barber  1 , Rishi Rattan  1 , Roderick King  2 , Tanya L Zakrison  1
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Postmortem Incidence of Acute Surgical- and Trauma-Associated Pathologic Conditions in Prison Inmates in Miami Dade County, Florida

Alexander Busko et al. JAMA Surg. .

Abstract

This study quantifies the postmortem incidence of acute surgical- and trauma-associated pathologic conditions of inmates in Miami Dade County, Florida.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

Comment in

  • In Search of Denominators.
    Spaulding AC, Kehus HE, Sabol WJ. Spaulding AC, et al. JAMA Surg. 2019 May 1;154(5):469-470. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.5844. JAMA Surg. 2019. PMID: 30810732 No abstract available.
  • In Search of Denominators-Reply.
    Zakrison TL, Soe-Lin H, King R. Zakrison TL, et al. JAMA Surg. 2019 May 1;154(5):470. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2018.5845. JAMA Surg. 2019. PMID: 30810734 No abstract available.

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