Roller coaster related fatalities, United States, 1994-2004

Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 309-312

  Pelletier, A R ^a,b   Gilchrist, J ^c  

^a Maine Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^b National Center for Health Marketing   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RECREATION; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26944494518     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2005.008425     Document Type: Article

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