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. 2025 Jun 12:11:100614.
doi: 10.1016/j.fsisyn.2025.100614. eCollection 2025 Dec.

Rethinking 'Probable Cause of Death': A comparative analysis of Physician-Certified Verbal Autopsy and Forensic Autopsy Outputs in community deaths in Lusaka, Zambia

Bwalya Mulenga  1 , Chibamba N Mumba  2 , Nathan M Kayonde  1 , Cordilia M Himwaze  1 , Luchenga A Mucheleng'anga  1
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Rethinking 'Probable Cause of Death': A comparative analysis of Physician-Certified Verbal Autopsy and Forensic Autopsy Outputs in community deaths in Lusaka, Zambia

Bwalya Mulenga et al. Forensic Sci Int Synerg. .
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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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