Under reporting of road traffic injuries in the district of Kandy, Sri Lanka
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Under reporting of road traffic injuries in the district of Kandy, Sri Lanka
OBJECTIVES To conduct a community survey to estimate the degree to which road traffic injuries (RTIs) are under reported and to compare the characteristics of RTI reported to the police to those not reported. DESIGN A cross-sectional population-based study. SETTING Kandy district, Sri Lanka. PARTICIPANTS RTIs and deaths during the preceding 12 months were identified through a community-ba...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Open
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2044-6055,2044-6055
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003640