Projecting the Health and Economic Impact of Road Safety Initiatives: A Case Study of a Multi-country Project

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 82-89

  Esperato, Alexo ^a   Bishai, David ^a   Hyder, Adnan A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of injury; Economic evaluation; Road safety; Trauma; Value of statistical life

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; BRAZIL; ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEXICO; MORTALITY; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AFRICA; ASIA; BRAZIL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEXICO; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RUSSIA; SAFETY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84859492276     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.647138     Document Type: Review

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