Injury-related mortality in South Africa: a retrospective descriptive study of postmortem investigations

Abstract Objective To investigate injury-related mortality in South Africa using a nationally representative sample and compare the results with previous estimates. Methods We conducted a retrospective descriptive study of medico-legal postmortem investigation data from mortuaries using a multistage...

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Published in:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Main Authors:	Richard Matzopoulos, Megan Prinsloo, Victoria Pillay-van Wyk, Nomonde Gwebushe, Shanaaz Mathews, Lorna J Martin, Ria Laubscher, Naeemah Abrahams, William Msemburi, Carl Lombard, Debbie Bradshaw
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The World Health Organization 2015-05-01
Online Access:	http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862015000300303&lng=en&tlng=en