Main characteristics of train-pedestrian fatalities on Finnish railroads

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-66

  Silla, Anne ^a   Luoma, Juha ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accident; Railways; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; EFFECTIVE MEASURES; FINNISH; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAILWAYS; SUICIDE; SYSTEMS APPROACH;

ACCIDENTS; RAILROADS; URBAN PLANNING;

RAILROAD ACCIDENTS;

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RAILWAY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RAILROADS; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84255209143     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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