The inquiry into the waterfall train crash: Implications for medical examinations of safety-critical workers

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 126-128

  Hocking, Bruce ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIVACY; RAILWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAINING;

EID: 32944471750     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00151.x     Document Type: Article

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