Epidemiology and risk of road traffic mortality in South Africa

South African Geographical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-15

  Sukhai, Anesh ^a,b   Jones, Andy P ^a   Haynes, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

districts; Epidemiology; South Africa; traffic mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650033970     PISSN: 03736245     EISSN: 21512418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03736245.2009.9725325     Document Type: Article

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