From accidents to risk: Public health and preventable injury

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-39

  Green, Judith ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002727859     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698579908407005     Document Type: Article

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