Road Traffic Injury is an Escalating Burden in Africa and Deserves Proportionate Research Efforts

Overview

Journal PLoS Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2007 Jun 28

PMID 17593893

Citations 70

Authors

Emmanuel Lagarde

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