Death and injury from motor vehicle crashes in Colombia

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 88-91

  Posada, Jaime ^a   Ben Michael, Eli ^b   Herman, Alan ^b   Kahan, Ernesto ^c   Richter, Elihu ^b,d  

^a Susalud EPS ^*  (Colombia)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INJURY; MORTALITY; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PEDESTRIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 0034073766     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892000000200003     Document Type: Article

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