Impact of Road Traffic Deaths on Expected Years of Life Lost and Reduction in Life Expectancy in Brazil

Demography

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 229-236

  Chandran, Aruna ^a   Kahn, Geoffrey ^a   Sousa, Tanara ^b   Pechansky, Flavio ^b   Bishai, David M ^a   Hyder, Adnan A ^a  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Life expectancy; Road traffic mortality; Years of life lost

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872906814     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-012-0135-7     Document Type: Article

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