An investigation into the effects of British Summer Time on road traffic accident casualties in Cheshire

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-192

  Whittaker, J D ^a  

^a Countess of Chester Hospital ^*

Author keywords

British summer time; Road traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MOTOR VEHICLE; PEDESTRIAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUNLIGHT; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SEASONS; TIME;

EID: 2842575939     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.3.189     Document Type: Article

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