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Chapter 1. Aim, background, key concepts, regulations, and current statistics
Kristina Alexanderson
Section of Personal Injury Prevention, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, kristina.alexanderson{at}cns.ki.se
Anders Norlund
SBU - The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Stockholm, Sweden
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Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 32, No. 63 suppl,
12-30 (2004)
DOI: 10.1080/14034950410021808
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