Unintentional injury during foreign travel: A review

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 297-307

  McInnes, Rhona J ^a   Williamson, Lisa M ^a   Morrison, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DRUG;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAVEL; ACCIDENT; ADDICTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DROWNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSALITY; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREJUDICE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRAVEL; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0036860217     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2002.30168     Document Type: Review

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