Patterns of road traffic injuries in a vulnerable population in Hyderabad, India

Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-188

  Dandona, R ^a   Kumar, G A ^a   Raj, T S ^a   Dandona, L ^a  

^a ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33745899650     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2005.010728     Document Type: Article

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