Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 194-197 , May 2010

Training of Assistant Forensic Medical Examiners in London, UK

  • Margaret M. Stark, FFFLM DME (Academic Dean, Honorary Senior Lecturer)

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of London
    • Forensic Medicine Unit, St. George’s, University of London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: PO Box 432, Epsom KT19 8NB, Surrey, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 1372 745674; fax: +44 1372 748901.
    • ,
  • Guy A. Norfolk, FRCP FFFLM (Immediate Past President, Consultant Forensic Physician to Avon and Somerset Constabulary)

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Received 19 December 2009 ,Accepted 22 December 2009.

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PII: S1752-928X(09)00222-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2009.12.010

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 194-197 , May 2010

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