Coroners' recommendations following fatal heavy vehicle crash investigations

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-141

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

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coroner; Death; Heavy vehicle; Recommendation; Transport

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORONER; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; VICTORIA;

EID: 77952141922     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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