Road Traffic Injury Is an Escalating Burden in Africa and Deserves Proportionate Research Efforts
Open Access
- 26 June 2007
- journal article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 4 (6) , 170
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040170
Abstract
Changing the mindset of road users in Africa will be a challenge, says the author, but many lives are at stake.Keywords
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