Geographic variations in mortality from motor vehicle crashes in Taiwan

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 74-77

  Yang, Chun Yuh ^a   Chiu, Jeng Fen ^a   Lin, Meng Chiao ^a   Cheng, Ming Fen ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Motor vehicle crashes; Standardized mortality ratios; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0030795512     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199707000-00017     Document Type: Article

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