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consumer deaths  

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  • CONSUMER DEATHS are those suffered by people as a direct result of using a product they have purchased. When deaths as a result of tobaccoand alcohol-related diseases as well as from automobile accidents are included, the number of deaths can annually be very high. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime; Consumer Deaths]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/consumer_deaths

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