Risky driving behaviors for road traffic accident among drivers in Mekele city, Northern Ethiopia

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hassen, Abrahim ^a   Godesso, Ameyu ^b   Abebe, Lakew ^b   Girma, Eshetu ^b  

^a Tigray Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

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EID: 83255162680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-535     Document Type: Article

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