Multidisciplinary efforts toward sustained road safety benefits: Integrating place-based and people-based safety analyses

Injury Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-63

  Loo, Becky P Y ^a   Chow, C B ^b   Leung, M ^b   Kwong, T H J ^c   Lai, S F A ^b   Chau, Y H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c Community for Road Safety ^*  (Hong Kong)

^d Kwai Tsing Safe Community and Health City Association   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SAFETY;

EID: 84872906696     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040400     Document Type: Article

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