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. 2009 Jan 20;6(1):e1.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000001.

Data sources for improving estimates of the global burden of injuries: call for contributors

Kavi Bhalla  1 , James Harrison, Jerry Abraham, Nagesh N Borse, Ronan Lyons, Soufiane Boufous, Limor Aharonson-Daniel; Global Burden of Disease Injury Expert Group
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Data sources for improving estimates of the global burden of injuries: call for contributors

Kavi Bhalla et al. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Kavi Bhalla and colleagues invite individuals and organizations to provide local injury data sources to help inform estimates of the global burden of injuries.

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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1. Known Data Sources that Could Contribute to the GBD Injuries Estimates If Data Access Were Available
This continuing environmental scan can be tracked on the expert group Web site [3].
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