The preventability of death in road traffic fatalities with head injury in Victoria, Australia

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 507-514

  Rosenfeld, Jeffrey V ^a   McDermott, Francis T ^b   Laidlaw, John D ^c   Cordner, Stephen M ^d   Tremayne, Ann B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaluation studies; Injuries; Mortality; Neurotrauma; Prevention; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0033679040     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.1999.0694     Document Type: Article

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