Water traffic accidents, drowning and alcohol in Finland, 1969-1995

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1038-1043

  Lunetta, Philippe ^a   Penttilä, Antti ^a   Sarna, Seppo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drowning; Finland; Water traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DROWNING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; DROWNING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SHIPS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032431821     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.6.1038     Document Type: Article

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