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Minimally invasive autopsy: the technological revival of autopsy?

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Vernooij, M.W. Minimally invasive autopsy: the technological revival of autopsy?. Eur J Epidemiol 27, 487–488 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-012-9716-4

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