Measuring the global burden of road traffic injury: Implications for low-income and middle-income countries

Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-2

  Stevenson, Mark ^a  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; INJURY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INCOME; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 61649085395     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2008.020792     Document Type: Editorial

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