Morgue

Known as: Morgues, mortuary 
Location where dead bodies are kept until they are buried or cremated.
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2009
Highly Cited
2009
Mortality of women from intimate partner violence in South Africa: a national epidemiological study.
The purpose of this article is to describe mortality of women from intimate partner violence (IPV) in South Africa using a… (More)
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2009
2009
A novel protective prion protein variant that colocalizes with kuru exposure.
BACKGROUND Kuru is a devastating epidemic prion disease that affected a highly restricted geographic area of the Papua New Guinea… (More)
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2008
2008
Domestication of the donkey: timing, processes, and indicators.
Domestication of the donkey from the African wild ass transformed ancient transport systems in Africa and Asia and the… (More)
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2008
2008
Hurricane Katrina deaths, Louisiana, 2005.
OBJECTIVE Hurricane Katrina struck the US Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, causing unprecedented damage to numerous communities in… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Kuru in the 21st century—an acquired human prion disease with very long incubation periods
BACKGROUND Kuru provides the principal experience of epidemic human prion disease. Its incidence has steadily fallen after the… (More)
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Balancing selection at the prion protein gene consistent with prehistoric kurulike epidemics.
Kuru is an acquired prion disease largely restricted to the Fore linguistic group of the Papua New Guinea Highlands, which was… (More)
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Archaeological Evidence for the Emergence of Language , Symbolism , and Music — An Alternative Multidisciplinary Perspective
In recent years, there has been a tendency to correlate the origin of modern culture and language with that of anatomically… (More)
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Stratigraphic, chronological and behavioural contexts of Pleistocene Homo sapiens from Middle Awash, Ethiopia
Clarifying the geographic, environmental and behavioural contexts in which the emergence of anatomically modern Homo sapiens… (More)
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1996
1996
Quantification of epithelial cell micronuclei by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in mortuary science students exposed to formaldehyde.
A micronucleus assay employing fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with a centromeric probe was used on specimens of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Postmortem changes of amino compounds in human and rat brain.
Contents of 35 amino acids and related compounds were measured in whole rat brain, and in superficial areas of biopsied and… (More)
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