Suicide prevention in railway systems: Application of a barrier approach

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 729-737

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

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accident analysis; Barrier; Railroad; Railway; Suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

FAULT TREE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS; RAILWAY SYSTEMS; REALISTIC POSSIBILITIES; SUICIDE PREVENTION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; RESEARCH; SUICIDE; TECHNOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VELOCITY;

EID: 43949094857     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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