Reported fatal and non-fatal incidents involving tourists in Thailand, July 1997-June 1999

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-113

  Leggat, Peter A ^a   Leggat, Frances W ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatal incidents; Non fatal incidents; Thailand; Tourists

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; THAILAND; TOURISM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 15944413179     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1477-8939(03)00040-1     Document Type: Article

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