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01-09-2017 | Commentary

Drowning deaths in rivers

Author: Roger W. Byard

Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology | Issue 3/2017

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Title: Drowning deaths in rivers
Author: Roger W. Byard
Publication date: 01-09-2017
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-017-9857-6

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