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

• 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)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...