Road traffic injuries in urban Africa and Asia: A policy gap in child and adolescent health

Public Health

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1104-1110

  Hyder, A A ^a   Muzaffar, S S F ^a   Bachani, A M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child survival; Healthy life years; Road traffic injuries; South Asia; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVIVAL; URBAN SOCIETY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDESTRIAN; POVERTY; PREDICTION; SOUTH ASIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PUBLIC POLICY; SURVIVAL; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AFRICA; ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 51449094965     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2007.12.014     Document Type: Article

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