What can we learn from international comparisons of social inequalities in road traffic injury mortality?

Injury Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 131-133

  Lu, T H ^a,c   Chiang, T L ^a   Lynch, J W ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MORTALITY; NOTE; POLITICS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 20444469666     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2005.008631     Document Type: Note

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