Economic impact of fatal and nonfatal road traffic injuries in Belize in 2007

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 326-336

  Pérez Núñez, Ricardo ^a   Híjar Medina, Martha ^a,b   Heredia Pi, Ileana ^a   Jones, Sandra ^b   Silveira Rodrigues, Eugênia Maria ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Belize; Costs and cost analysis; Health care costs; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SURVEY; INJURY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; ROAD TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELIZE; CHILD; COST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION TREE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION TREES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 79551702853     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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