Road traffic-related injury among the 0-17 age group in Turkey
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Road traffic-related injury among the 0-17 age group in Turkey.
BACKGROUND This study aimed to examine the extent of death and injuries among the 0-17 years of age group recorded in the official road traffic injury statistics. METHODS This is a record-based study covering a 5-year-period (2003-2007) using the annual records of national road traffic injury statistics in Turkey. RESULTS The 0-17 age group accounted for 10.9% of deaths and 20.1% of injurie...
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkish Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1306-696X,1307-7945
DOI: 10.5505/tjtes.2011.34022