Road injury-related mortality in a medium-sized Brazilian city after some preventive interventions

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 450-455

  De Andrade, Selma Maffei ^a,c   Soares, Darli Antonio ^a   Matsuo, Tiemi ^a   Barrancos Liberatti, Christiane Lopes ^b   Hiromi Iwakura, Maria Luiza ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b Municipal Health Department   (Brazil)

^c Ap 201 ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Legislation; Mortality; Road Traffic Injuries; Time Series Studies

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAR DRIVING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEATBELT; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAT BELTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53549112147     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802272831     Document Type: Article

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