Lesiones fatales ocasionadas por vehículo motor a personas mayores de 60 años en Cali, 1993-1997

Colombia Medica

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 129-133

  Reyes Ortiz, Carlos A ^a   Espitia, Victoria E ^b   Vélez, Luis Fernando ^a   Espinoza, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b Centro de Investigación en Salud y Violencia CISALVA   (Colombia)

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