Quad bike deaths in Australia 2001 to 2010

Journal of Health, Safety and Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lower, T ^a   Herde, E ^a   Fragar, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; All terrain vehicles; ATV's; Farm; Four wheel motorcycles; Injury; Quad bikes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896977221     PISSN: 08156409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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