Developing the history of unintentional injury: The use of coroners' records in early modern England

Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 102-105

  Towner, Elizabeth ^a   Towner, John ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CORONER; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORTALITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; RECORDS;

EID: 0034203792     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.6.2.102     Document Type: Article

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