Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 78-83 , February 2010

Study of the normal internal organ weights in Tehran’s population

  • Ardeshir Sheikhazadi, MD (Forensic Medicine Specialist, Associate Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina St. Keshavarz Blvd., Tehran 1417613151, Iran. Tel.: +98 21 22126039, mobile: +98 912 2890395; fax: +98 21 66405588.
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  • Seyed Shahabeddin Sadr, MD (Physiologist, Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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  • Mohammad Hasan Ghadyani, MD (Internist, Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Legal Medicine Organization of Iran, Iran
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  • Seyed Kazem Taheri, MD (Forensic Medicine Assistant)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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  • Ali Asghar Manouchehri, MD (Forensic Medicine Assistant)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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  • Bashir Nazparvar, MD (Forensic Medicine Specialist)

      Affiliations

    • Legal Medicine Organization of Iran, Iran
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  • Omid Mehrpour, MD (Forensic Medicine Specialist, Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Iran
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  • Mazaher Ghorbani, MD (Forensic Medicine Specialist, Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Received 22 September 2008 ,Revised 3 April 2009 ,Accepted 6 July 2009.

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PII: S1752-928X(09)00123-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.07.012

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 78-83 , February 2010

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