Road traffic injury is an escalating burden in Africa and deserves proportionate research efforts
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- DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0040170
Road traffic injury is an escalating burden in Africa and deserves proportionate research efforts
Abstract
Changing the mindset of road users in Africa will be a challenge, says the author, but many lives are at stake.
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