Socioeconomic impact of road traffic injuries in west Africa: Exploratory data from Nigeria

Injury Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 389-392

  Juillard, Catherine ^a,b   Labinjo, Mariam ^c   Kobusingye, Olive ^c   Hyder, Adnan A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649781945     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.2009.025825     Document Type: Article

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