Motor Vehicle Accident Fatalities Trends, Puerto Rico 2000-2007

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1222-1226

  Lopez Charneco, Magdalena ^a   Conte Miller, Maria S ^b   Davila Toro, Francisco ^b   García Rivera, Enid J ^a,c   Zavala, Diego E ^d   Torres, Yisel ^a   Rodriguez Orengo, Jose F ^c  

^a Puerto Rico Department of Health   (Puerto Rico)

^b Puerto Rico Institute of Forensic Sciences   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^d PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fatal injury; Forensic science; Hispanic; Mortality trends; Puerto Rico; Road traffic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUERTO RICO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052443446     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01878.x     Document Type: Article

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