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Where have all the autopsies gone? A proposal for a centralized autopsy service

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  1. 445 S. E. 34th Street, 66605, Topeka, Kansas

    Erik K. Mitchell MD (Forensic Pathologist)

  2. Health Science Center at Syracuse, State University of New York, 13210, Syracuse, New York

    John T. Prior MD (Clinical Professor of Pathology)

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Mitchell, E.K., Prior, J.T. Where have all the autopsies gone? A proposal for a centralized autopsy service. J Community Health 20, 441–446 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02260440

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