Suicides and other fatalities from train-person collisions on Swedish railroads: A descriptive epidemiologic analysis as a basis for systems-oriented prevention

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 423-428

  Rådbo, Helena ^a   Svedung, Inge ^a   Andersson, Ragnar ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accident; Injury; Prevention; Railroad; Railway; Suicide

Indexed keywords

INJURIES; RAILWAYS; SUICIDE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; RAILS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

RAILROAD ACCIDENTS;

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAILWAY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; RAILROADS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

EID: 28644446383     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2005.08.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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