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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. PART...

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Autores principales:	Periyasamy, Nithershini, Lynch, Catherine A, Dharmaratne, Samath D, Nugegoda, DB, Østbye, Truls
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BMJ Publishing Group 2013
Materias:	Public Health
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3822300/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24213095 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003640

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