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Injury, disease, or a combination of the two responsible for initiating the events leading to death; may be brief or prolonged

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  1. Jeffrey J. Barnard MD
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  2. Frank P. Miller III MD
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Liang Cheng MD

  2. University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    David G. Bostwick MD, MBA, FCAP

  3. Bostwick Laboratories, Richmond, VA, USA

    David G. Bostwick MD, MBA, FCAP

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Barnard, J.J., Miller, F.P. (2002). Forensic Pathology. In: Cheng, L., Bostwick, D.G. (eds) Essentials of Anatomic Pathology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-162-6_5

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