Injury characteristics and outcome of road traffic crash victims at Bugando Medical Centre in Northwestern Tanzania

Journal of Trauma Management and Outcomes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chalya, Phillipo L ^a   Mabula, Joseph B ^a   Dass, Ramesh M ^a   Mbelenge, Nkinda ^a   Ngayomela, Isdori H ^a   Chandika, Alphonce B ^a   Gilyoma, Japhet M ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Injury characteristics; Outcome; Road traffic crashes; Tanzania; Victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862256582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17522897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-2897-6-1     Document Type: Article

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