Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 158-160 , August 2005

Counting Road Traffic Deaths and Injuries: Poor Data Should Not Detract From Doing Something!

  • Margie Peden, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Margie Peden, PhD, Unintentional Injury Prevention, Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; 41-22-791-3610, fax 41-22-791-4332
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  • Tami Toroyan, PhD

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 Supervising editor: Debra E. Houry, MD, MPHFunding and support: The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(05)00469-5

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.04.017

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 158-160 , August 2005