Building national estimates of the burden of road traffic injuries in developing countries from all available data sources: Iran

Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 150-156

  Bhalla, K ^a   Naghavi, M ^b   Shahraz, S ^a   Bartels, D ^a   Murray, C J L ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY; IRAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BICYCLING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; REGISTRIES; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649170496     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2008.020826     Document Type: Article

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