Road traffic suicides

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 212-214

  Wyatt, J P ^b   Squires, T ^a   Collis, S ^a   Broadley, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Road traffic collision; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SUICIDE;

EID: 62849105258     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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