Is road safety being driven in the wrong direction?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1615-1623

  Davies, Gareth R ^a   Roberts, Ian ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Public private partnerships; Road traffic injury

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLIMATE CHANGE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NOISE POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; ROAD; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM; CYCLING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; LAND USE; MASS MEDIUM; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; SAFETY; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAVEL; WALKING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84913585330     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu103     Document Type: Article

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