Does economic level similarly matter for injury mortality in the OECD and non-OECD countries?

Safety Science

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 784-791

  Nasrullah, Muazzam ^a   Laflamme, Lucie ^a   Khan, Jahangir ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Economic condition; Falls; Homicide; Injuries; Motor vehicles; Suicide

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GROUND VEHICLES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ECONOMIC CONDITION; INJURIES; MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC CRASH (MTC); MOTOR VEHICLES;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCOME; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 44149111873     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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