Paediatric slow-speed non-traffic fatalities: Victoria, Australia, 1985-1995

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 731-737

  Robinson, Priscilla ^a   Nolan, Terry ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Fatalities; Non traffic; Paediatric; Pedestrian

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031279619     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(97)00042-0     Document Type: Article

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