Contributory factors to traffic accident deaths identified at coroner's inquest

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 139-143

  Crilly, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

case series; coroner inquests; traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY; CORONER; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031749259     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024733     Document Type: Article

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