Medical students from Parakou (Benin) and West-African traditional beliefs on death and cadavers.
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1. Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, University Hospital R. Poincaré, Paris, France 2. Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Parakou, Benin 3. Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, University Hospital R. Poincaré Garches, France 4. Laboratory of Medical Ethics and Forensic Medicine, University of Paris, Paris, France African Health Sciences 2012; (4): 443 445 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v12i4.7
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- African health sciences
دوره 12 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012