Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 3-6 , January 2007

Fatal burns in Manipal area: A 10year study

  • Virendra Kumar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology (Forensic Unit), Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +60 16 2839807; fax: +60 3 79556845.
    • ,
  • Manoj Kumar Mohanty

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, Dr. Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Foundation, Chinoutpalli, Gannavaram Mandal, Krishna Dist.–521286, Andra Pradesh, India
    • ,
  • Sarita Kanth

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, KMC, Manipal–576104, (Karnataka) India

Received 14 May 2005 ,Revised 13 September 2005 ,Accepted 28 September 2005.

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PII: S1353-1131(05)00170-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2005.09.002

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 3-6 , January 2007

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