Road traffic injury - A global public health scourage: A review for World Health Day 2004 (April 7)

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-112

  Ozanne Smith, Joan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERTIFICATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRIVER; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 1942499764     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00921.x     Document Type: Review

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