Road accidents: A third burden of 'disease' in sub-Saharan Africa;Accidentes de carretera: ¿La tercera causa de 'enfermedad' en el África subsahariana?

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 52-55

  Onywera, Vincent O ^a   Blanchard, Claire ^b  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b IAAF Athletics Academy Kenyatta University ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Education; Injuries; Policy; Prevention; Road safety; Road traffic injuries

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CAR; CAR DRIVING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INJURIES; INJURY; NOTE; POLICY; PREVENTION; ROAD SAFETY; ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EDUCATION; INJURIES; POLICY; PREVENTION; ROAD SAFETY; ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; HUMANS; SAFETY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84901429262     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: 17579767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975913502688     Document Type: Note

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