The epidemiology of road traffic injuries in the Republic of Lithuania, 1998-2007

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 702-706

  Lunevicius, Raimundas ^a,b   Herbert, Hadley K ^a   Hyder, Adnan A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; Lithuania; road accidents; road traffic injuries; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LITHUANIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78649711951     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckq007     Document Type: Article

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