Road traffic accident mortalities in Port Hartcourt, Nigeria

Anil Aggrawal's Internet Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Eke, N ^a   Etebu, E N ^a   Nwosu, S O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Fatalities; Road traffic accidents; Safety on the roads

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; FACE INJURY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NIGERIA; PELVIS INJURY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPINE INJURY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 2342549620     PISSN: 09728074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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