Death and injury on duty - A study of South African police officers

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 851-853

  Plani, Frank ^a   Bowley, Douglas M ^a   Goosen, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; STAB WOUND; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORK RESUMPTION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POLICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEAT BELTS; SOUTH AFRICA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0345255764     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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