An evaluation of police reporting of road casualties

Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-18

  Jeffrey, S ^a   Stone, D H ^a   Blamey, A ^b   Clark, D ^c   Cooper, C ^d   Dickson, K ^e   Mackenzie, M ^a   Major, K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^d Information Resources   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS AYRSHIRE AND ARRAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 61649105349     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2008.018630     Document Type: Article

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