Reproducibility of preventable death judgments and problem identification in 60 consecutive road trauma fatalities in Victoria, Australia

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 831-839

  McDermott, F T ^a,c   Cordner, S M ^a   Tremayne, A B ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

^c Consultative Comm Rd Traffic F ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidents; Evaluation; Fatalities; Management; Reproducibility of results; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ERROR; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0030782426     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199711000-00016     Document Type: Article

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