Vehicle-related fatalities among Swedish conscripts

Military Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 412-415

  Bylund, Per Olof ^a   Eriksson, Anders ^c   Thorson, Jan ^b   Öström, Mats ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; FATALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; MILITARY MEDICINE; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAVEL;

EID: 1842293358     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/162.6.412     Document Type: Article

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