Motor vehicle crashes in Pakistan: The emerging epidemic

Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 199-202

  Hyder, Adnan A ^a   Ghaffar, Abdul ^b   Masood, Tayyeb I ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HEALTH SERVICES ACADEMY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Motor vehicle crashes; Pakistan; Road traffic injuries

Indexed keywords

CAR; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBANIZATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 0034263477     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.6.3.199     Document Type: Article

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