Gender-related traumatic deaths in Transkei: Incidence and causes

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-220

  Meel, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRANSKEI   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

BLUNT TRAUMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DOCUMENT EXAMINATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; MIGRANT WORKER; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STAB WOUND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; UNEMPLOYMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0042697142     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.43.3.215     Document Type: Review

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