The pattern of deaths in road traffic crashes in Sindh, Pakistan

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 231-239

  Sarwar Shah, Syed Ghulam ^a   Khoumbati, Khalil ^b   Soomro, Badaruddin ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Fatality; Newspaper; Pakistan; Road accidents; Sindh

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; MOTORCYCLIST; PAKISTAN; PEDESTRIAN; RURAL AREA; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA; VICTIM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PUBLICATION; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWSPAPERS; PAKISTAN; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 40949160663     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300701646792     Document Type: Article

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