India reported nearly 50,000 traffic accident deaths in 1989. Yet, literature addressing the causes, timing, and preventability of these deaths is sparse. We undertook an autopsy study of road traffic fatalities in South Delhi to determine the injury patterns and incidence of deaths that could be pr
The preventability of death in road traffic fatalities with head injury in Victoria, Australia
β Scribed by Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld; Francis T. McDermott; John D. Laidlaw; Stephen M. Cordner; Ann B. Tremayne
- Book ID
- 117839088
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 112 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0967-5868
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