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The slow death of autopsies: a retrospective analysis of the autopsy prevalence rate in Austria from 1990 to 2009

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We thank Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Franz Wohlrab for editing the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Epidemiology, Center of Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Borschkegasse. 8a, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Sabrina Gaensbacher & Thomas Waldhoer

  2. Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Sensengasse2, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Andrea Berzlanovich

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Gaensbacher, S., Waldhoer, T. & Berzlanovich, A. The slow death of autopsies: a retrospective analysis of the autopsy prevalence rate in Austria from 1990 to 2009. Eur J Epidemiol 27, 577–580 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-012-9709-3

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