Risk factors of injury by traffic accidents and the impact of an intervention on the road;Factores de riesgo de lesión por accidentes de tráfico y el impacto de una intervención sobre la carretera

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 505-512

  Híjar Medina, Martha C ^a,b   Carrillo Ordaz, Carlos E ^a   Flores Aldana, Mario E ^a   Anaya, Rafael ^a   López López, Ma Victoria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Accidents, traffic; Roads standards; Wounds and injuries, epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033203488     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89101999000500011     Document Type: Article

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