Making road safety a public health concern for policy-makers in India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 126-133

  Dandona, Rakhi ^a  

^a ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ERROR; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AWARENESS; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; SAFETY; SOCIAL MARKETING;

EID: 33745474260     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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