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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: CiteSeerX - An Autopsy Study on Medico-Legal Evaluation of Post-Mortem Scavenging (PDF). Mar 24, 2026
Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - An Autopsy Study on Medico-Legal Evaluation of Post-Mortem Scavenging (PDF). Feb 21, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Post Mortem Examination and Autopsy Current Issues From Death to Laboratory Analysis. Nov 30, 2024
Add new Web site: CORE - The Modernization of the Autopsy: Application of Ultrastructural and Biochemical Methods to Human Disease (PDF). Sep 07, 2024
Add new Web site: Indiana State Government - Autopsy Protocol. Jul 12, 2024
Add new Web site: U.S. Department of Justice - Office of Justice Programs - Postmortem Examination. May 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Autopsy. Jan 25, 2024
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Clinical or Postmortem? The Importance of the Autopsy; a Retrospective Study. Nov 28, 2023
Add new Web site: NHS - Post-mortem. Aug 25, 2023
Add new Web site: Better Health Channel - Autopsy. May 27, 2023
Add new Web site: Live Science - What Exactly Do They Do During an Autopsy? Feb 14, 2020
Replaced media. May 02, 2019
Add new Web site: WebMD - Autopsies: When Are They Done? Aug 07, 2013
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Autopsy. Aug 07, 2013
Added an image of a painting showing 17th-century physicians performing an autopsy. Aug 26, 2009
New illustration added. Jan 15, 2009
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Health - How Autopsies Work. Aug 13, 2008
Article revised and updated. Jun 25, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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