Psychiatric and preventative aspects of rail fatalities

R.L. Symonds

Social Science & Medicine, 1994, vol. 38, issue 3, 431-435

Abstract: A previous survey of national rail fatalities and a sample of fatalities in southern England revealed many probable suicides and a small proportion of accidents. Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of this survey are reviewed in the light of general safety on British railways.

Keywords: suicide; railway (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994
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