Road traffic injury is an escalating burden in Africa and deserves proportionate research efforts

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 0967-0971

  Lagarde, Emmanuel ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AFRICA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MEDLINE; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AFRICA; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; PUBMED; SAFETY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34347271950     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040170     Document Type: Review

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