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ArticleForensic science international. Synergy2025

Rethinking 'Probable Cause of Death': A comparative analysis of Physician-Certified Verbal Autopsy and Forensic Autopsy Outputs in community deaths in Lusaka, Zambia.

Bwalya Mulenga, Chibamba N Mumba, Nathan M Kayonde, Cordilia M Himwaze, Luchenga A Mucheleng'anga

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Article in Forensic science international. Synergy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Bwalya MulengaOffice of the State Forensic Pathologist, Lusaka Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit, University Teaching Hospital, Nationalist Road, PO Box, 50997, Lusaka, Zambia.
Chibamba N MumbaDepartment of Pathology and Microbiology, School of Medicine, The University of Zambia, Nationalist Road, Private Bag RW 1X, Lusaka, Zambia.
Nathan M KayondeOffice of the State Forensic Pathologist, Lusaka Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit, University Teaching Hospital, Nationalist Road, PO Box, 50997, Lusaka, Zambia.
Cordilia M HimwazeOffice of the State Forensic Pathologist, Lusaka Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit, University Teaching Hospital, Nationalist Road, PO Box, 50997, Lusaka, Zambia.
Luchenga A Mucheleng'angaOffice of the State Forensic Pathologist, Lusaka Provincial Forensic Pathology Unit, University Teaching Hospital, Nationalist Road, PO Box, 50997, Lusaka, Zambia.

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PMID40574871
PMCPMC12197997

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