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Road traffic injuries in developing countries: a comprehensive review of epidemiological studies. Trop Med Int Health
, 1997
"... comprehensive review of epidemiological studies ..."
Essay Road Traffic Injury Is an Escalating Burden in Africa and Deserves Proportionate Research Efforts
"... Research into road safety in developing countries is scarce, especially in Africa. This is inconsistent with the size of the problem: it has been predicted that by 2020, road traffic injuries will rank as high as third among causes of disabilityadjusted life years (DALYs) lost [1]. While South-East ..."
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Research into road safety in developing countries is scarce, especially in Africa. This is inconsistent with the size of the problem: it has been predicted that by 2020, road traffic injuries will rank as high as third among causes of disabilityadjusted life years (DALYs) lost [1]. While South-East Asia has the highest proportion of global road fatalities (one-third of the 1.4 million occurring each year in the world), the road traffic injury mortality rate is highest in Africa (28.3 per 100,000 population when corrected for under-reporting,
