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. 1995 Jun;48(6):497–500. doi: 10.1136/jcp.48.6.497

Public perceptions of necropsy.

R D Start 1, C A Saul 1, D W Cotton 1, N J Mathers 1, J C Underwood 1
PMCID: PMC502676  PMID: 7665690

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