Population strategies and high-risk-individual strategies for road safety in Japan

Health Policy

Volumn 100, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 247-255

  Nakahara, Shinji ^a   Ichikawa, Masao ^b   Kimura, Akio ^c  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Injuries; Japan; Public policy; Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; JAPAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POLICY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ROAD SAFETY; ROAD TRAFFIC INJURY; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; HUMANS; JAPAN; PUBLIC POLICY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79954779976     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.11.003     Document Type: Review

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