Safety cameras: More, not fewer, saves lives

Injury Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-2

  Stevenson, Mark ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EDITORIAL; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84855999357     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040288     Document Type: Editorial

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