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Evaluation of the emotional state shortly before death -science-fiction or a new challenge?

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Gos, T., Hauser, R. Evaluation of the emotional state shortly before death -science-fiction or a new challenge?. Int J Leg Med 108, 327–328 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02432131

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