Death and injury from motor vehicle crashes: A public health failure, not an achievement

Injury Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 176-178

  Richter, Elihu D ^a   Barach, P ^b   Ben Michael, E ^a   Berman, T ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035459152     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.7.3.176     Document Type: Note

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