Police deaths in New York and London during the twentieth century

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 219-224

  Kyriacou, D N ^a,b   Monkkonen, E H ^c   Peek Asa, C ^d   Lucke, R E ^e   Labbett, S ^f   Pearlman, K S ^b   Hutson, H R ^g  

^a Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Police Headquarters   (United Kingdom)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POLICE; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONDON; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; POLICE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33747623759     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2005.010827     Document Type: Article

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