Motor vehicle injuries in Qatar: Time trends in a rapidly developing Middle Eastern nation

Injury Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-132

  Mamtani, Ravinder ^a   Al Thani, Mohammed H ^b   Al Thani, Al Anoud Mohammed ^b   Sheikh, Javaid I ^a   Lowenfels, Albert B ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^b Supreme Council of Health   (Qatar)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; QATAR; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; QATAR; SAFETY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84859107229     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2011-040147     Document Type: Article

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