Estimating deaths and injuries due to road traffic accidents in Karachi, Pakistan, through the capture-recapture method

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 866-870

  Razzak, Junaid A ^a,b,c   Luby, Stephen P ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance data; Capture recapture method; Karachi; Official data; Pakistan; Road traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; HEALTH RISK; INJURY; MORTALITY; ROAD TRANSPORT;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTAL DEATHS; ASIA; CAUSES OF DEATH; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA QUALITY; DATA SOURCES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESTIMATION TECHNICS; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOUTHERN ASIA;

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; PAKISTAN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0031786393     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.5.866     Document Type: Article

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