The Economic Costs of Traffic Accidents in Spain

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 883-888

  López Bastida, Julio ^a   Serrano Aguilar, Pedro ^a   Duque González, Beatriz ^a  

^a Servicio Canario de Salud   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Human capital; Prevalence; Spain; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CAPITAL; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MONEY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; THEORY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 2042462536     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000069207.43004.a5     Document Type: Article

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