Incidence and burden of road traffic injuries in urban India

Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 354-359

  Dandona, R ^a,b,c   Kumar, G A ^a,c   Ameer, M A ^a,c   Ahmed, G M ^a,c   Dandona, L ^a,b,c  

^a George Institute for International Health India   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 57849115927     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2008.019620     Document Type: Article

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