Under-reporting of road traffic mortality in developing countries: Application of a capture-recapture statistical model to refine mortality estimates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Samuel, Jonathan C ^a,b   Sankhulani, Edward ^c   Qureshi, Javeria S ^a,b   Baloyi, Paul ^a   Thupi, Charles ^c   Lee, Clara N ^b   Miller, William C ^b,d   Cairns, Bruce A ^b,e   Charles, Anthony G ^b  

^a KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c National Road Safety Council ^*  (Malawi)

^d IL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAPTURE RECAPTURE STATISTICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALAWI; MALE; MORTALITY; POLICE; REGISTRATION; ROAD TRAFFIC MORTALITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VALIDITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CAR; REGISTER; RESEARCH; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALAWI; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLICE; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH REPORT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84857094673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031091     Document Type: Article

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