Meeting the challenge of railway injury in a South African city

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Volumn 348, Issue 9028, 1996, Pages 664-666

  Lerer, Leonard B ^a   Matzopoulos, Richard ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INJURY; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MORTALITY; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; SAFETY; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030573806     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)02100-9     Document Type: Article

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