Neighborhood Social Inequalities in Road Traffic Injuries: The Influence of Traffic Volume and Road Design
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Road Traffic Injuries: Social Change and Development
In the course of the twentieth century road traffic injuries (RTIs) became a major public health burden. RTI deaths first increased in high-income countries and declined after the 1970s, and they soared in low- and middle-income countries from the 1980s onwards. As motorisation took off in North America and then spread to Europe and to the rest of the world discussions on RTIs have reflected an...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2011.300528