Abstract
As shown in Table 2.1, 75% of all accidental deaths occur on the road and in the home. Almost half the cases in Accident and Emergency Departments are accidents. The growth of the leisure and sports’ industries is reflected in one million hospital cases, but not all these occur during ‘organised’ leisure.
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© 1992 Joel Richman
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Richman, J. (1992). Accidents. In: Health. In Business Now. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12405-3_2
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