Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 7 , Pages 410-415 , October 2007

Epidemiology of drowning in Mangalore, a coastal Taluk of South India

Received 27 June 2006 ,Revised 22 August 2006 ,Accepted 30 January 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2007.01.004

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 7 , Pages 410-415 , October 2007

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