Incidence and trend of road traffic injuries and related deaths in Kuwait: 2000-2009

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2018-2022

  Ziyab, Ali H ^a   Akhtar, Saeed ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Deaths; Incidence; Kuwait; Poisson regression; Road traffic injuries; Trend

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; URBAN POPULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868191553     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.09.023     Document Type: Article

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