Motor vehicle collisions involving adult pedestrians in eThekwini in 2007

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-68

  Hobday, Michelle B ^a   Knight, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adult pedestrian; Developing country; Epidemiology; Motor vehicle collision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249126645     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300903524870     Document Type: Article

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