Sports utility vehicles and older pedestrians

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7520, 2005, Pages 787-788

  Simms, Ciaran ^a   O'Neill, Desmond ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LIMB INJURY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 26644439920     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7520.787     Document Type: Editorial

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