An analysis of unnatural deaths between 1990 and 1994 in A-Lein, Taiwan

Injury

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-208

  Wang, C S ^a   Chou, Pesus ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DROWNING; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HELMET; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEATBELT; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; SEAT BELTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030878988     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(96)00181-7     Document Type: Article

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