Road-traffic injuries: confronting disparities to address a global-health problem

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Volumn 367, Issue 9521, 2006, Pages 1533-1540

  Ameratunga, Shanthi ^a   Hijar, Martha ^b   Norton, Robyn ^c  

^a Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences School of Population Health   (New Zealand)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MOTORCYCLE; PEDESTRIAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VICTIM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; MORTALITY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33646686142     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68654-6     Document Type: Review

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