Understanding the extent and impact of Indigenous road trauma

Injury

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2008, Pages

  Clapham, Kathleen ^a   Senserrick, Teresa ^b   Ivers, Rebecca ^b   Lyford, Marilyn ^b   Stevenson, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatalities; Indigenous; Injuries; Road crashes

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATALITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149125305     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(08)70025-1     Document Type: Article

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