Exploring the relationship between development and road traffic injuries: A case study from India

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 487-491

  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

Economic development; India; Mortality; Road safety; RTI

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; MOTOR VEHICLE; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INDIA; LINEAR MODELS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33749544771     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl031     Document Type: Article

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