A global prototype for traffic injury surveillance system

Proceedings of the IEEE/EMBS Region 8 International Conference on Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, ITAB

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 161-164

  Jayatilleke, Achala Upendra ^a   Marasinghe, Chandrajith Ashuboda ^b   Nakahara, Shinji ^c   Lambacher, S ^d   Nandasara, S T ^e   Jayatilleke, Achini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AIZU   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Global prototype; Road traffic injuries; Traffic injury prevention; Traffic injury surveillance

Indexed keywords

ROADS AND STREETS; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM; GLOBAL PROTOTYPE; INJURY SURVEILLANCE; LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES; ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC INJURY PREVENTION; TRAFFIC INJURY SURVEILLANCE;

MONITORING;

EID: 50049107092     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITAB.2007.4407369     Document Type: Conference Paper

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