Commentary: Status of road safety in Asia

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 217-225

  Wismans, Jac ^a   Skogsmo, Ingrid ^a   Nilsson Ehle, Anna ^a   Lie, Anders ^b   Thynell, Marie ^c   Lindberg, Gunnar ^d  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH TRANSPORT ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

countermeasures; epidemiology; NCAP; regulations; restraints; road users; safety; serious injuries

Indexed keywords

ASIA; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ASIA; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84961215446     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2015.1066498     Document Type: Note

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