Review Article: Road traffic injuries in India: A review of the literature

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 100-109

  Garg, Nitin ^a   Hyder, Adnan A ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

India; injuries; road traffic; traffic injury

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORTALITY; PEDESTRIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VICTIM;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 32144433331     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940510032149     Document Type: Review

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