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Table of Content Volume 13 Issue 2 - February 2020

 



Effects of formalin exposure among students attending anatomy dissection in a rural medical college in Telangana state: A cross sectional study

 

Sreeharshika D1, Kishore Yadav Jothula2*, Roja Rani3, Sashi Preetham B4

 

1,3Tutor, 4Student, Department of Forensic Medicine, ESIC Medical College, Sanath Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

2Associate Professor, Department of Community and Family Medicine, AIIMS, Bibinagar, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Telangana, INDIA.

Email: dr_kishore_2021@yahoo.com

 

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