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Metadata
Title
The mythology of “spontaneous” human combustion
Author
Roger W. Byard
Publication date
01-09-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 1547-769X
Electronic ISSN: 1556-2891
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12024-016-9748-2

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