Commentary: Pedestrian roadway fatalities: Profiling the problem

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 480-482

  McKay, Mary Pat ^a   Vaca, Federico ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FATALITY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; NOTE; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 0141532244     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/S0196-0644(03)00724-8     Document Type: Note

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