Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 130-133 , April 2009

Two wheeler accidents on Indian roads – a study from Mangalore, India

  • Animesh Jain, MBBS, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Light House Hill Road, Mangalore, Karnataka 575001, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +91 9845032334 (M)/+91 824 2422271x5560 (O); fax: +91 824 2428183 (O).
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  • Ritesh G. Menezes, MD, Diplomate NB (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Light House Hill Road, Mangalore, Karnataka 575001, India
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  • Tanuj Kanchan, DFM, MD (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Light House Hill Road, Mangalore, Karnataka 575001, India
    • ,
  • S. Gagan (Undergraduate Student of Medicine)

      Affiliations

    • Kasturba Medical College, Light House Hill Road, Mangalore, Karnataka 575001, India
    • ,
  • Rashmi Jain, MBBS, MS (Assistant Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka 575018, India

Received 5 December 2007 ,Revised 13 June 2008 ,Accepted 16 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.08.019

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 130-133 , April 2009

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