Assessing Quality of Existing Data Sources on Road Traffic Injuries (RTIs) and Their Utility in Informing Injury Prevention in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 267-273

  Chokotho, L C ^a   Matzopoulos, R ^b,c   Myers, J E ^d  

^a Beit Cure Hospital   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

capture recapture; completeness; data quality; road traffic injuries (RTIs); underreporting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POLICE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTUARY PRACTICE; POLICE; RECORDS AS TOPIC; SOUTH AFRICA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876305983     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.706760     Document Type: Article

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