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Injury-related mortality in South Africa: a retrospective descriptive study of postmortem investigations

Abstract Objective To investigate injury-related mortality in South Africa using a nationally representative sample and compare the results with previous estimates. Methods We conducted a retrospective descriptive study of medico-legal postmortem investigation data from mortuaries using a multistage...

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Main Authors:	Richard Matzopoulos (Author), Megan Prinsloo (Author), Victoria Pillay-van Wyk (Author), Nomonde Gwebushe (Author), Shanaaz Mathews (Author), Lorna J Martin (Author), Ria Laubscher (Author), Naeemah Abrahams (Author), William Msemburi (Author), Carl Lombard (Author), Debbie Bradshaw (Author)
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Published:	The World Health Organization, 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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