Brazilian road traffic fatalities: a spatial and environmental analysis.

BACKGROUND: Road traffic injuries (RTI) are a major public health epidemic killing thousands of people daily. Low and middle-income countries, such as Brazil, have the highest annual rates of road traffic fatalities. In order to improve road safety, this study mapped road traffic fatalities on a Bra...

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Main Authors: Luciano de Andrade, João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci, Clarissa Garcia Rodrigues, Karen Finato, Elias Carvalho, Ricardo Pietrobon, Eniuce Menezes de Souza, Oscar Kenji Nihei, Catherine Lynch, Maria Dalva de Barros Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3907522?pdf=render