Occupational death investigation and prevention model for coroners and medical examiners

Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-6

  Bugeja, Lyndal ^a   Ibrahim, Joseph Elias ^a   Brodie, Lisa ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONER; HUMAN; INJURY; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; VICTORIA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77449125291     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2009.021808     Document Type: Note

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