Effectiveness of an improved road safety policy in Ethiopia: An interrupted time series study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Abegaz, Teferi ^a   Berhane, Yemane ^b   Worku, Alemayehu ^c   Assrat, Abebe ^d  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d Ministry of Transport   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Road crash; Road death; Road injury; Road safety law effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POLICY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84902549127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-539     Document Type: Article

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