Age and gender variations in trend of road traffic fatalities in Manipal, India

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 192-196

  Kanchan, Tanuj ^a   Menezes, Ritesh G ^b   Shankar M, Bakkannavar ^c  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Srinivas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre   (India)

^c KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

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EID: 79953864783     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/msl.2011.010018     Document Type: Article

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