Road traffic deaths and injuries are under-reported in Ethiopia: A capture-recapture method

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

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

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d Ministry of Transport   (Ethiopia)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CYCLING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARK RECAPTURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTORCYCLIST; PEDESTRIAN; POLICE; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREND STUDY; VICTIM; CHILD; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904632419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103001     Document Type: Article

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