The fatal injuries of car drivers

Forensic Science International

Volumn 184, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 21-27

  Ndiaye, A ^a,b,c,d,e   Chambost, M ^f   Chiron, M ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a University Lyon   (France)

^b Inst Natl Rech sur les Transp L   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

Author keywords

Car driver; Death; Fatal; Injuries; Road crash

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVER; FATALITY; HEMATOTHORAX; LETHALITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INJURY; TIME OF DEATH; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 58249138376     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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