Road Traffic Injuries in the People's Republic of China, 1951-2008

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 614-620

  Zhang, Xujun ^a   Xiang, Huiyun ^b   Jing, Ruiwei ^a   Tu, Zhibin ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

China; High income countries; Low and middle income countries; Mortality rate; Road traffic injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857973257     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.609925     Document Type: Article

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